AN: This chapter was so not planned this way. It ran away from me. She wasn't supposed to say that yet! But hey, at least they'll be going somewhere soon.

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

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Chapter 10 - Wrong thing to say

Tairi and Elako, who looked small compared to the just born Setrans, surprisingly stopped the fight between water and fire. Hiei regarded all four quizzically.

"Yours are strange. They should not be so." Kagome and Yusuke stared at him, but he refused to say anything more. They exchanged confused glances, and then queried their Setrans.

'We aren't sure. But we are strange. Dedran and Ketria are less... articulate. More like how a child human would act. A bit like the fox-child, Shippo.' Tairi's head was tilted to one side and Kagome sighed.

"Figures. We get strange ones." Yusuke shrugged and then quickly pulled himself and Kagome down as Ketria and Dedran decided that the fight, despite Tairi and Elako's admonishments, was not over. Fire and water met over their head, steam quickly rising as Yusuke look up and glared. "Damnit! Somebody tell them to not do that!"

"I can't believe the Congress let anybody have dangerous beasts like these," Keiko exclaimed from slightly behind them. Four glares were quickly directed her way as the four who had bonded the hatched Setrans took offense.

"They have so many dangerous abilities. I don't mean to offend you, but they eat energy. They could drain away life energy!" Keiko seemed overly disturbed by the thought and Kagome's eyes narrowed, tilting her head. Miroku seemed to sigh to her left and an understanding look passed through his eyes.

'We wouldn't do that! Even if we got hungry, we'll only drain enemies!' Elako protested vehemently, making both Kagome and Yusuke wince, but nobody else seemed to hear them.

'When will you get hungry?' Kagome questions. There was a pause and then a mental shrug from Tairi. Apparently they didn't know.

"Keiko, the Setrans are not like the Geshna demons. They are bonded to friends of ours, and friends of our whole side on this war. They won't hurt you." Miroku's calm, quiet tone calmed her down slowly, but she was still staring at the four with an uneasy look.

"Keh. Why the hell are you two here anyway?" Inuyasha was eyeing them with hostility, and Kagome decided enough was enough.

"Inuyasha, stop it. They're here because of the Prophecy. Kikyou, who's our Prophet? By the way, someone might want to catch those eggs, they're rocking all over." Everyone turned to stare as Kagome absently patted Tairi, smiling cheerfully at all of them. Dumbly, Inuyasha stared at his egg as it rolled by his feet. Kikyou was much quicker, kneeling down beside hers and putting it between her hands. Instantly it cracked open, the bright pink of her miko powers briefly filling the clearing as a pale yellow bird fell into her hands. It wasn't a small bird, being around the same size as all the other hatchlings.

She had strange purple eyes and a purple beak, but besides that was all pale yellow. Kikyou stared at her for a moment, then curved her lips into a rare smile. "She will be strong."

"The Prophet, Kikyou?" Kagome asked gently.

"Botan of course. Who else would it be? I doubt she even realizes that she is the Great Prophet yet, however," Kikyou said absently, stroking the yellow feathers as the newborn bird crooned.

"How come ours are only one color? Everybody else has gotten two so far!" Yusuke complained loudly. Kagome shook her head as Inuyasha egg cracked open, closely followed by the hanyou swearing when it bit him.

"Damn it! What the hell is this? My own Setran even hates me!" Inuyasha glared at the male, who glared back.

"It's a reflection of your own feelings. Perhaps you inwardly hate yourself," Kikyou stated seriously as she looked at the hanyou. "Keh," Inuyasha muttered.

"Me? I can't be the Great Prophet? How could I be? I just... I mean I know some weird things that have nothing to do with my life as a spirit guide, but..." Botan stopped when Hiei made a slight noise, hesitating as he took his bandana. At her frightened but accepting nod, his jagan eyes flowed. Botan shuddered, remembering the last time he had come into her mind. As if sensing what she was thinking, which he probably was, his head jerked slightly and a strange emotion showed in his eyes. If Botan hadn't known any better, she would have said he was guilty.

"The older miko is correct." Hiei was quick to put his bandana back on and turn away to watch his dragon. Both Kurama and Yusuke had turned their eyes to him, and they exchanged significant glances before Kagome cleared her throat again.

"That, at least, solves one problem. Botan, could you start keeping paper and a pen by your sleeping bag? We need to know the whole of that Prophecy. Since we're all here and for once being civil, anybody else have a problem to bring up?" Kagome tilted her head, ruining her strong leader image. Yusuke smirked a bit, at least he could keep act like a leader without looking cute all the time.

'That's not what Kagome thinks,'Elako said, fortunately only to him and not to both of them. Yusuke's brown eyes widened as he stared at his Setran. Elako's eyes were twinkling mischievously. Kurama interrupted his thoughts. "Actually, I would like two things cleared up. Could you summarize what happened with you and Inuyasha? And, can either of you better explain why the jewel glowed the other day? That in itself is strange."

"Because of what they are." Strangely, it was Botan who answered. She shrugged, she'd been thinking such things for days, knowing they had to trust each other because of the prophecy. But she didn't even know the whole prophecy. At least, she didn't believe she did. Whenever she thought about it, it eluded her thoughts.

"I know what I am, but what's he?" Kagome asked, tilting her head again and sitting down, deciding they weren't going to be moving anytime soon.

"The Controller. I'm not sure exactly what it means. Only that both of you have strong links to the Shikon no Tama. But... I want to know more about Kurama's question. Especially the battle you two had. You and Kikyou were both closed mouthed over what you did that ended up with both of you in such conditions." Kagome grimaced and sighed, her fingers tightening in Tairi's fur.

"Inuyasha had, apparently, somehow figured out that one of us was the holder of the Shikon no Tama. I have my suspicions of how, but those will have to wait. He believed it was Kikyou who had inherited the jewel. Unfortunately for him, Kikyou was, and usually still is, aloof. He couldn't simply approach her and win her trust, she'd never have even give him a second glance. But, he couldn't just try and steal it. She'd be on guard. He had to get close, earn her trust. He decided the best way to do that was to go through the younger, friendly, cheerful, and way too naive younger sibling." Kagome sneered briefly, the old anger and hurt showing in her features once again.

"His approach was probably the only honest thing about the whole thing. Later I figured out he must have been watching us for at least a week. He fell asleep in the God Tree doing that. I woke him up and after a brief argument in which he apparently forgot why he was there, we managed to learn each other's names, and tell the whole neighborhood how stupid the other one was." Everyone's attention had shifted to Inuyasha, who was staring at his two toned bird, a clash of white and black with yellow eyes and beak.

"I didn't know he actually had an attention span that could last a whole week," Yusuke muttered a bit louder than he intended.

"Oh, his attention span last a whole lot longer. It lasted through hand holds and kisses even, with not even an inkling of his true intentions." Kagome's eyes flared and her tone was bitter and self-criticizing. Yusuke seized on one part of the statement with jealous surprise. "You two kissed?"

Kagome didn't even bother that question with an answer, though her eyes did dart to Yusuke with surprise and a bit of a smirk. Tairi sang into both their heads with her soft child like voice. 'You two like each other. You want to ki-iss.'

Two glares later the horse like Setran paused, then asked seriously, 'What's a kiss? Why would you want to kiss? Elako! Yusuke's mind is easier to paw through. What's a kiss?'

Kagome choked, realizing that Tairi really had gotten that from them, and just decided to tease them about it. Blushing bright red and carefully avoiding Yusuke's eyes as realization slowly dawned in his mind, she went back to explaining the incident to her highly amused and suspicious friends.

"Eventually, I actually had a run in with Sesshoumaru. Not the nicest demon in the world, and quite free with his opinion of Inuyasha. Of course, being who he was, it wasn't the first time I'd had a run in with Sesshoumaru, but I'd never linked him to Inuyasha before and upon finding out I was dating Inuyasha, the dog demon had the audacity to wonder if he'd managed to get the Shikon no Tama from us yet. I didn't have the nicest reaction and Sesshoumaru wisely decided to depart." Her blush had disappeared and Inuyasha and Kikyou were both looking over solemnly, the shame in Inuyasha's amber eyes evident to any who cared to look.

Kagome paused as she sifted through her memories, remembering the terrible anger and hurt she'd felt afterward, and the oddly calm planning she'd done. She'd detached herself from her emotions a bit, and was enjoying the feeling. Unlike Kikyou, who sometimes could do this for hours, it wasn't in Kagome's nature to be like that for too long, and the bind on her emotions had snapped at the end of their confrontation, luckily for her. "Eventually I confronted him about it. I found a clearing. A natural shield. You know how there are spots that you walk into, and no one can sense you from the outside, none at all? I had long ago found one of these. It was my haven. And then, it was my battlefield. I didn't want anyone to come looking for either of us when our auras spiked and out shields keeping in our powers dissolved."

"So he was appropriately shocked when he found out I knew, and thankfully before we battled I found out he thought Kikyou was the Guardian. So I defended myself in her name, telling him he'd have to go through me to get to the Shikon no Tama. Which was true of course. We fought and... at first I was doing very badly. I'd bound my emotions, hoping that keeping calm would help me fight. It hadn't."

Inuyasha was startled, and gently pushed away his bird, which had fortunately decided that biting was not an appropriate greeting and was sleepily leaning against a tree. "So that's what happened. I wondered why you seemed so calm. Damn Kagome, no wonder you sucked at first."

"So how did you escape?" Kurama wondered, knowing that if his friend had, despite any feelings he might have harbored for the younger miko as well as the older, dedicated himself to a fight he would have continued it until one of them was dead.

"I didn't escape. I won. My control on my powers and my emotions snapped and I purified him into unconsciousness. Miroku, having come back from his training a couple of hours before, had known where to look for me when I was missing, and found me before I bled to death. Kikyou tended to Inuyasha, not knowing what had happened, or perhaps looking for an explanation from him. She didn't get one. When he awoke he ran, and I was in the hospital and unconscious for longer than anyone would have liked." Kagome fell silent and the group shifted awkwardly for a moment before Kurama turned to Inuyasha.

"How did you find out that the Shikon no Tama was in their family?" Inuyasha snorted, the only thing that he still found amusing about that whole escapade was the way he had found out about it.

"I'd been bored around the time, and was going through the database of fighters of any kind who'd gotten an honorable mention for doing something brave. Guess who showed up? Their father." Inuyasha shook his head. They'd erased so many records so his family could be safe, but they'd left that one! It was so out in the open, and yet, no one but a bored teenager had ever found him.

"Who's there father? I mean I know Kagome got the jewel from him and everything, but who is he?" Yusuke found that Inuyasha, as well as Kikyou, Kagome, and Miroku, were all staring at him. How was he supposed to know? Everyone else looked just as confused as he was.

"Think about it for a second guys. You already know the answer. It's a common fact he was not only a Prophet, but also the Guardian of the Shikon no Tama at one point. He carries no last name at the moment." Kagome spoke quietly, but there was a burning anger beneath her tone, older even than the hurt Inuyasha had given her. Obviously she had not taken her father's leaving, for whatever reasons, very well at all.

It took a few moments before anyone worked it out. Keiko gasped first. Botan looked at her and when the girl mouthed a name, the blue-haired girl nodded. She of course, knew too, having been put into this mortal body by the man.

"Tenashu." Strangely, it was Hiei who murmured the name, a strange look in his eyes. Kurama stared briefly at the girls, then studied Kagome's features briefly. Now that he knew what to look for, he could see the resemblance. Obviously most of the mikos features came from their mother, but Kagome's eyes were purely her father's. Obviously a young and impulsive Inuyasha hadn't studied the picture of Tenashu long enough to realize that Kikyou was not his true daughter.

"No way. He had kids? No wonder he got rid of his last name." Yusuke's muttering didn't go unheard and Kagome's fists were quickly clenched. Kikyou turned away from her bird fully, worry filling her gray eyes as she studied her sister.

"Yeah, got rid of his name, abandoned his responsibilities and family and got a nice high paying placement in the government." The bitterness in her voice had Miroku closing his eyes. He knew the upcoming fight by heart. If Kikyou rose to the occasion. Perhaps she had grown up enough to leave Kagome's hurt and anger alone instead of reopening it with her own words. Nothing could be fixed until they saw Tenashu again anyway.

"He didn't abandon anything! He did it to protect us!" Kikyou's eyes were flashing with real anger, more emotion than she usually showed brightening her eyes.

"I think you're thinking of your father, who died in battle. My father died when he decided that a little girl who he had explained nothing to and who thought her father was simply going on vacation was a proper Guardian for the most powerful mystical object in existence!"

"I think that's a yes, Yusuke." Sango said almost ignoring the fight. "Apparently she inherited the temper he's famous for. Quite like him, isn't she?"

"I am nothing like that jerk!" Sango gave her a cool look, and Miroku's eyes were wide. Two girls involved in this fight was all he could handle, three would be a disaster.

"Really? He kept secrets from you that later ended up harming you, right? And what did you do to the boys, and to me?" Sango stood, joining the two angry mikos in outright anger.

"Excuse me? I did that because I was trying to protect this damn thing! He ran off and left it to a seven-year-old girl! Didn't even try sending me a letter later! He even managed a few for Kikyou, Mom, and even Souta and Kaede! But me? I got nothing except a stupid jewel that's probably going to end up killing me!" Everyone went rigid except for the three fighters as Kagome screamed at Sango. Yusuke got up, but he didn't have a chance to say anything before Kikyou put her final words in.

"Perhaps he said nothing because the jewel was all that needed to be said. You weren't worth more of his words." The words were cold water on Sango, who looked at Kikyou in horrified shock, and Kikyou was no better, desperately seeking her sister's gaze, wishing those words, barely said, had never left her mouth. "Kagome... I-"

"Maybe you're not worth anymore of mine." The words were cold and each one seemed bitten off. Even Shippo was trembling at the way Kagome's eyes had turned dead as the girl turned and left the clearing on steady, unwavering feet.

"Every time something goes right, someone has to fucking mess it up," Yusuke glared at the whole clearing, stomping off after Kagome.

"Why does it seem after every fight our leaders end up going after each other?" Botan asked wearily. It wasn't a bad thing, she just felt lost without them there.

"Because we're all assholes who don't deserve to talk to them right now," Inuyasha muttered. His ears were flat on his head and he was glaring at Sango, though for some reason he couldn't rouse any anger at Kikyou, who for once was showing every emotion on her face and was looking heartbroken.

"I'm sure... Well... Kikyou..." Sango stopped, not sure if Kagome would forgive Kikyou for that comment. Confirming the one thing Kagome didn't want to hear wasn't the best idea.

"You're all bakas," Hiei commented. Botan coughed suddenly, raising a blue eyebrow. Hiei looked away and Botan smirked unseen. If he was going to call them bakas, he would have to admit, at least to himself, he'd done a couple of stupid things himself.

Shippo looked forlorn and went to go after his two favorites among the group and found two blue bodies on either side of him. He didn't have a telepathic link tot hem, but he understood the body language. He settled between them, content to lie in the comfortable body heat if they thought it was okay. After all, they would know if something was wrong, right?

Back at camp, Kagome had entered her tent, taken her bow, and had every intention of striding off into the woods and letting her shields down, a basic invitation to any demon after them to come and get here. When she killed them all, that would show Kikyou who was worth the words. Unfortunately, a dark haired super powered teenage boy had different ideas as he firmly took the bow out of her hands and grabbed her arm to keep her from running away.

"Kagome-"

"Shut up. I don't want to hear it. Let me go and get away from me." If Yusuke hadn't known that she was simply saying that to anyone and not particularly to him, he might have been hurt. Instead he was just furious. Furious at what, he couldn't say, but when Yusuke was angry, it wasn't a good thing.

"Sit down Kagome. Now!" The barked order had no effect except to get him gifted with that peculiar deadened expression as she stayed exactly where she was. Yusuke shuddered but glared at her anyway, dragging her off to some of the grass beneath the earth like trees. Even if the sky was sometimes an odd color, Europa was still mostly earth like.

"Down Kagome, because like hell am I going to let you go anywhere in your state." Yusuke snorted when she attempted a bright smile and said, "I'm perfectly fine, I just need some time to think, ok?"

"Drop it Kagome. You're eyes are more blocked off than your sister's usually are and their almost as gray as hers are." He saw her eyes flicker and knew she was going to try again. In frustration he dragged her down to the ground beside him and scowled.

"Fucking hell Kagome, she didn't mean it!" He said once she started glaring at him. She immediately tried to get away and he only pulled her closer.

"Then she shouldn't have said it! You don't say lies like that in anger, Yusuke! And it's true! Everyone knows it! I'm not worth anything to anyone other than being the Guardian of their precious bobble. I wouldn't be surprised if the only reason Kikyou had the others choose me as leader is because I have the jewel, and everyone knows the leaders are always the self-sacrificing ones, which is what I was to the others, before I was the Guardian! I wanted them to be happy, I still do, and nobody understands! Sango's mad at me, I wouldn't be surprised if you're still mad at me, but none of you, not even Kikyou, understand how this is! Father left me with this, and he left it with me knowing that the Prophecy was in the works and that this jewel was going to kill me!" Angry tears and struggles to get away accompanied Kagome's burst of anger, but Yusuke ignored most of her struggles, focusing on the words. He felt his heart stop at the last words and if anything held tighter on to Kagome.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Yusuke asked, managing to keep the gruff anger in his voice and the fear from showing.

"The Prophecy! He never gave me it all, but everyone knows parts of it, s-so I asked around. It says a lot of things, like "One will die and come back again, strength increased tenfold" and "Only when the Guardian and Controller are one with the Jewel can the true power be displayed" and so many other things, but there's a line... I can't remember it exactly. It say something about the Guardian's death." Kagome had turned away, still crying as she announced that, as far as she was concerned, her life was already planned out right to her death.

"I'd fight to the last gate in hell and back before I let that happen," Yusuke said fiercely. Kagome's crying stopped suddenly and she wiped her eyes, staring at him like he was a stranger.

"This Prophecy can't be the end all and be all, right? It's just a puffed up version of those antique eight balls you see around." Kagome almost giggled at the image, but her eyes, a sad blue-gray now that she wasn't just trying to go out and kill everything, showed that she didn't believe him.

"It won't happen Kagome. Ever. They'd have to get through me to do it, and I'm not dying anytime soon."

'Nor I. Elako and Tairi echoed at the same time. Yusuke smirked and Kagome managed a half-smile. Looking around and grimacing, Yusuke pulled her closer and studied her tear stained face with more gentleness than he had shown to anyone since Keiko.

"See? Can't go wrong, we have the ultra powerful and yet silly looking babies on our side." Yusuke grinned when she actually giggled at the protests from Tairi and Elako.

'You didn't call Zasar or Alenia silly looking, and they're birds!'Elako protested.

"Thank you, but this doesn't really change anything. The Prophecy has been right so far in the past. It's about the whole life of the Shikon no Tama, not just us. Just the important parts are happening now." Kagome gave another smile, honestly cheered up and beginning to lock away that unbearable loneliness that she'd managed to hide ever since she'd heard those lines. She hadn't expected that she'd ever have to tell someone about that, not even Kikyou. But she'd said she wasn't worth it... and she probably wasn't. After all, he was a Great Prophet, he must have known the prophecy. He chose her. He sent her to her death.

"Damn it, you aren't going to die! Ever!" Yusuke was frustrated at her pain filled smiles.

"Yusuke, the prophecy..." She stopped suddenly when he leaned forward, carefully taking the chain around her neck and pulling it up until the jewel rested in his palm, careful to make sure they both weren't touching it at the same time.

"I don't care if I have to use this jewel to destroy everyone in our way, enemy or ally, I'll make sure this is one prophecy that doesn't come true." Kagome couldn't help but believe the sincerity in his voice and her eyes brightened happily. He smirked a bit, and neither was willing to back off. Two irritating Setrans were egging them on in the back of their minds, and when Yusuke dropped the jewel, still being careful, and his hand started to retract his hand, two pairs of eyes met.

Yusuke closed the distance between them, his lips find hers in a gentle kiss, while still shuddering over the feeling she'd given him when she'd said she was going to die. This was almost the opposite, and even he in all his impatience wasn't going to ruin it by going to fast.

Kagome had other ideas. Words weren't enough to comfort her and soon enough the kiss became deeper than they had planned. If they'd been planning. If the logical parts of their minds were still working. Fortunately, neither was stupid enough to do more than kiss.

When they did part, Kagome sighing a bit in disappointment, both backed away slightly, their foggy teenage minds clearing of the emotional roller coaster they'd just put themselves through and when Kagome tried to back off Yusuke pulled he back beside him. They didn't say anything, but he kissed her gently on the lips again, and this time neither deepened it from the innocent and sweet kiss it was.

This sigh was more blissful, and Kagome's eyes snapped open at Yusuke's laughter. She pouted, but he just shook his head. "Kind of glad I was the one who went after you if this was the kind of mood you were going to be in."

"I wouldn't have even gotten past wanting to kill things if it had been anyone else," Kagome slipped out before she could stop herself. "I certainly wouldn't have kissed any of the others."

Yusuke looked away, smirking as Elako still sounded confused in the back of his mind. 'That was a kiss? What fun is that?'

"Make that definitely glad then," Yusuke commented, grinning at her from the corner of his eyes. She was blushing crimson, but there was the warmest look in her eyes and he hoped that none of the others came looking for them anytime soon.

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Worlds away, a man woke up and began cursing. "Damn it all to hell! That wasn't what I meant at all! And how dare he kiss her! He can't touch her! She's my daughter!"

"She hasn't been you anything since she was seven. Even Inuyasha kissed her. What happened?" A golden-eyed Sesshoumaru was already waiting as the man awoke, and a pink-haired Genkai.

"She's so stupid. I didn't send anything to her because I didn't want to risk saying anything! You're not supposed to have favorites among your children, but she's my baby girl! I never got to know Souta and Kaede, and Kikyou always had parts of her father. I loved her too much to risk her life! I couldn't write a letter without saying that, and electronically or the old fashioned way, even one little letter to her being taken could have ended it all! I love her, damnit! I had to give her the Shikon! I didn't have a choice! And.. And... He kissed her. He kissed my daughter!" Tenashu was raging, a blue glow flickering around his form and making Sesshoumaru briefly alarmed for his own safety. The human was stronger than he had expected.

"I'm guessing Yusuke finally made a move," Genkai said, for once not using a nickname. She wasn't sure whether to be proud or disapproving. What were you supposed to think when the two kids that were supposed to be saving the peace of the races were spending more time with each other than they were preparing for the fight?

"Damn right he did. On my daughter!" Sesshoumaru's lips twitched into an almost smile. It was amusing to watch the man twist himself around for a girl he hadn't seen in almost a decade.

"Why haven't they left the planet yet?" Sesshoumaru asked, steering the topic in a different direction.

"Three eggs have yet to hatch. Though I doubt the kitsune's will hatch any time soon. It's waiting for something. They'll have to take it with them." Tenashu seemed disturbed by that.

"To Mars? Naraku could very well steal that and the last egg. If it is destroyed before it hatches it could very well hurt the boy and send all eight of them into furious revenge." Genkai eyed Tenashu sharply and saw the man glance at Sesshoumaru, weighing his options.

"I know. I believe we will have to send the other egg holder to them instead of waiting until they get here. Obviously the eggs are hatching in pairs. Perhaps if we hurry they will hatch before they reach Mars." Tenashu smiled nervously when Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed suspiciously. Not that they could get much more narrow.

"Who is the other holder?" Sesshoumaru asked, his voice already practically in a growl. Tenashu mumbled something and Sesshoumaru snarled.

"No!"

"Sesshoumaru-"

"She's staying here." The usually calm taiyoukai was rigid and Tenashu wondered nervously if that red tint was his own imagination.

"Sesshoumaru, Tenashu is right. He's given up practically his whole family for this." Genkai met the dog demon's gaze coolly. She may not have her Spirit Orb any longer, but she could still put up a good fight if it came down to it.

"She's too young. And he still has the younger ones," Sesshoumaru said sharply.

"Fool. No I don't. You think they're untouched by this? Like Kikyou, they're interwoven into the Prophecy too. Even Sango's little brother is involved with this! You think Rin's so young? Souta's around the same age, if not younger, and Kaede's only a little older. She's older than Kagome was when I gave her the Shikon no Tama, and only a bit younger than Kagome was when your brother almost killed her. If we don't send her now, she'll be found eventually. Would you rather her have a chance to get her egg, the one thing that will protect her the most, or be eventually captured by Naraku or Resurga? It's your choice Sesshoumaru. I can let my children go for the good of the galaxy, of Makai and Ningenkai. Can you?" Tenashu's blue eyes gleamed passionately and Sesshoumaru's amber eyes glared into his, no longer holding even a tint of red. Something he'd said had made the dog demon think.

"We will send her on one condition." Sesshoumaru's eyes gleamed with an unknown emotion.

"Oh?" Tenashu looked curious.

"They will do as they've done with the kitsune, except more so. Instead of Kagome and Yusuke looking after her, I want her to be under the direct protection of Inuyasha and Kikyou. If anything happens to her, they pay the price." Tenashu winced at the calm and deadpan voice, then nodded.

"Kikyou and Inuyasha will be the ones to protect her. I'll send Rin with messages. For all of them." A small smile lit his face. Perhaps with a message that Rin carried he could undo some of the damage that he had done to his daughter.

As the three settled down to speak of the most recent events, both sides were making plans. Rin would be sent to the teenagers. Goshinki was to go to Europa and head off the dangerous group of teens before they could leave the planet. Resurga watched in amusement, idly throwing another minor horde of demons towards the teens, waiting and watching as the teens came together and split apart in regular intervals. The Congress was foolish to think those weak little teens could ever stand against her. They would, fortunately, be useful to her in their own way.

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Next time on Unlikely Allies: Lots of fighting. Shippo catching Kagome and Yusuke. Botan and Hiei having a one sided talk. He "Hn"s, she talks. Goshinki comes to play.

Reviewer responses:

Winged Knight: I have all sixteen planned out. None of them will be OCs. I'm sure you can guess who a few of the others are by Tenashu and Sesshoumaru's little conversation. There might be a story coming up where I will accept OCs though. Thanks for the compliment!

tensi-notia: More secrets were supposed to happen in this chapter, but I didn't get to any besides Kagome's little prophecy revelation. I haven't even explained all of the Shikon no Tama origins yet. So much to do! Thanks for the compliments. I hope you review again!

andrea10: I have a lot of stories I'm working now, so everything takes awhile. I know it seems like I only have four, but I have a bunch more posted on my yahoo group and even more I haven't posted anywhere yet. So, sorry about the long wait, but thanks for still reading!

Sango132004: Thanks for reviewing! Obviously your pairings weren't all correct, but you at least got one right! Review again!

Artemis Crescent: Thanks! If you didn't figure it out, these two were Phoenixes. Their powers, as well as Tairi's and Elako will come out eventually. And the Gryphons who have yet to be born. Thanks for liking it!

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Fire Kitsune Goddess: Gryphon types, the mystical horse types, dragon types, and phoenix types. It's too bad I can't draw, otherwise I'd make pictures of all of them and show people what they look like!