A/N:Just a reminder. Every time I use italics during a characters response, while not stating that the character had thought this, it is still posed as the characters thought. Unless I just happen to use italics on one word in the characters response, which usually implies a bit of sarcasm, or boldness to a point. Eh, I assume that if you guys are smart enough to have such great taste in storylines(and no, I'm not no arrogant hot head), then you're smart enough to catch my drift. Am I right? Of course I am? Since when am I not? Don't answer that. Enjoy the story.
"Come on, lets go"(Opening theme) Everybody is excited
I'm happy not to be the only one who is delighted
This trip will be the best, so lets get going.
Lets go to that place that I once saw far away.
I'll do anything it takes to make this the day.
To sojourn in happiness for once would be fine.
Come my friend, lets go and this day of all days.
Once and for all, we rest, and wash all the tears away.
No the longer the worries, the sad times, and all of the troubles
All of the problems are gone for the day, so c'mon, lets go, lets play.
#Feudal Era Japan#
It's been nearly four weeks now, and Inuyasha is yet to return to his comrades, who currently worry over his absence while remaining stationary in the town near the wale.
"What could be taking him so long?", said Miroku to Sango.
"I don't know, but I grow tired of waiting. Perhaps we should go look for him."
"Agreed, but where to start? We have not the slightest clue of where to start."
Shippo, finding something odd about this unusual predicament butts in, "Wait a second. Inuyasha seemed awfully confident about his own strengths and abilities the last time we saw him. How do we know if he hasn't just gotten so arrogant, to the point of believing he could find the jewel on his own?"
"Inuyasha may be a self impressed warrior, but even he is not so arrogant enough as to assume he could go on without us, right?", questionably exclaimed Sango.
"We are, talking about Inuyasha, aren't we?"
"As arrogant as Inuyasha is, his thinking would simply be irrational. Without humans to protect, his ability to use the tetsaiga midgitates, and he knows that. On top of that, he needs Kagome or Kaede to remove those prayer beeds", said Miroku.
"Wait, that bald man. He must have had something to do with it. That can only be it", sango pointed out.
"I have suspected that for some time, but I'm not sure enough, as to jump to that conclusion"
"Well we have to start somewhere."
Kaede, seeing a problem amongst the group, decided to enter in on the conversation, "I over heard thoust concern, and I think I can help. From my knowledge, I recall there to be a town far east, in which a famous fortune teller lives. If anyone can find of Inuyasha's whereabouts, perhaps he or she can be of service."
Miroku with a smirk on his face followed by eyes of determination, "Then it's settled. We must head east.
"As if we have a choice", shippo said with a sigh.
#Present day Japan#
In the midst of the black mist(no pun intended), Yusuke and Kuwabara find themselves trapped in this interior.
"Ha Ha Ha, fools, within 2 minutes, you will unable to even move, thanks to the effects of my mist", said the female demon.
Without waiting a second longer, Kuwabara unveiled his favorite attack, "Spirit Sword"
"Oh please, do you really think you can hit me with that?"
Unphased by the demons words, Kuwabara charged straight at her at full speed.
"As much as I hate hitting a lady, I could never forgive myself for having lost to the likes of you. So eat Spirit sword."
As the sword hit the demons body, it phased completely through her.
"I guess she wasn't just overconfident when she said I wouldn't phase her", Kuwabara growled.
"Kuwabara, I have a plan.", whispered Yusuke.
"Well that's a relief"
(10 seconds later)
"WHAT, are you crazy Urameshi, I can't do that."
"Well it's either than, or having to suffer the humiliation of losing to a girl. You pick. Besides, this will only work, if you do it"
The demon, being annoyed by the secrecy, "Enough silence, you only have 30 seconds left."
"Ready?", said Yusuke
"Unfortunately", said Kuwabara.
He then looked the female demon straight into the eyes, quoting many different forms of poetry. The demon seemed to be woo'd by Kuwabara's words.
Once again, Kuwabara quickly charged at the demon, but instead of readying his spirit sword, his weapon this time was far different from the last. As his arms were fully spread out, his lips seemed to be puckered, while his eyes were completely shut.
Oddly enough, the demon was receptive, as she embraced Kuwabara. The two looked each other in the eyes, and kissed each other in open arms. But as this took placeYusuke had dissappeared in a blinding burst of speed, and had reappeared behind the demon who was currently preoccupied with his red haired friend. Pointing his index finger and his thumb in the familiar "gun-like" pose.
"SPIRIT GUN!"
Once again, an enormous blue energy blast had erupted from Yusuke's finger tip, and headed straight for it's target. Kuwabara, being well aware of Yusuke's plan had quickly pushed the demon forward, while jumping out of the way of the Spirit gun.
"Aaaaahhh", screamed the demon as the blast devoured her. And as it did, the gas seemed to be vacuumed out of the surrounding area just as well.
Kuwabara, apparently grossed out began to rub his mouth with his hand, "Nasty"
"Tell me about it.", replied Yusuke.
Though the two weren't victorious for long, as the demon who was once thought to be destroyed re-emerged from thin air, while greatly scathed.
"Fools, how dare you strike me"
"Shut your mouth, lady", said Yuske.
"WHAT!
"You heard me, shut the hell up. See, I knew you had some sort of crush on Kuwabara, after attempting to make out with him, while posing as my mom. I had also known that if you had another pass at Kuwabara, that youwould remain in your physical form."
"You're quite the clever boy. No wonder you're the earth's spirit detective. It's just too bad that you're going to have to die."
"What are you going on about, I just fried your stupid butt with my spirit gun. From the looks of it, one more blast should do you in."
"Oh, about that", replied the demon. Without any strain, the damage she had recieved from the spirit gun had vanished.
"That's not good", said Kuwabara.
A dark aura came out from within this female demon, as she said, "Though my orders were to bring you in alive, I think I'm going to have to go against them."
Slowly and delicately, she had turned he her body towards Yusuke. But just as she had done so, another being appeared out of thin air. This was covered in a cloak, but had the voice of a gentle male.
"Vesta, if I recall, your orders were not to kill him. Regardless, we must retreat for the moment."
Exasperated, this demon with the name of Vesta appeared to be.
"But...", she said, as she looked into this newly arrived being eyes, her frustration changed to fear. She then set her eyes on the spirit detective "You were lucky this time brat, but you won't be so fortunate when we cross paths later on." She then set her eyes on Kuwabara, and blew him a kiss.
"Ewwww",repliedKuwabara.
"Ciao Kuwabara. Till next time." And with saying that, the demon, and the other being who had recently arrived vanished into thin air.
Kuwabara feeling a bit of concern for what just happened, "Did you feel that, Urameshi?"
Yusuke as usual responding as if he wanted to hide something began to scratch the back of his head with a big smile on his face, "What? You know I can't sense things Kuwabara. You're the only weirdo here who can do that. Who cares. We won, she lost. Lets get going to this Higurashi shrine I've heard so much about. "
"You know you're a terrible liar, Urameshi?"
Several hours later, after tedious searching, Yusuke and Kuwabara had finally managed to make it to the Higarashi shrine, but to their suprising, the exterior of the shrine appeared to be nothing more, than a normal home.
"That's it? I was expecting an emperors palace. I suppose we'll have to settle for this.", said Kuwabara.
"Big talk from a guy who has to live in an apartment owned by his big sister"
"You wanna start something Urameshi?"
"I haven't given you your daily beating in a while. Why not?"
Inside the house, happened to be Kagome, her friends, and Kurama, who had been in a mildly irrelevant conversation. Shizuru, and Kagome's mother, who were apparently making dinner. And Atsuko(apparently resting, after being "stoned").
As Kagome's friends were asking Kurama(but known to them as Suichi) all kinds of questions, and attempting to push the two together in a relationship, Kurama politely avoided, and Kagome was just put off in terms of an actual romantic relationship, just by Suichi's "nice and calm" guy persona. In time, he might have become a close friend, but simply that: a friend.
As this discussion continued, Sota had ever so rudely butted in, claiming there to be two guys fighting outside. Kagome assuming that only Inuyasha would be so bold as to pull something this stupid, she gleefully ran towards the front door, to open it. But her cheerful disposition has quickly been thrown out of the window, as it was just as sota had said: It was two guys fighting. Though from her perspective, it was just one guy holding down another guy in a head lock. Feeling need to break up this nonsense, Kagome quickly asserted herself
"Hey you! If you don't break up this ruckus, I'm calling the cops."
Yusuke and Kuwabara, quickly both taking the gentleman position replied simaltaneously, "Yes maam"
But as the young spirit detective looked upon this girl, he quickly remembered the picture Koenma had showed them, and Koenma and Botan's laughter after his denial of the request. "Damnit, you always find some way to screw me Koenma. But this girl acts way too normal to be the kind of person Koenma was talking about. Maybe it's not her", he thought.
Kagome's mother, realizing that the son of her friend had arrived came from within the kitchen to greet him. Though she had been polite enough to address herself, and her two children, Yusuke rudely responded with a simple 'hey'. Kagome rolled her eyes at the site of this, and casually walked back into the room where her friends and Suichi had remained.
As Yusuke and Kuwabara had walked into this residence, Kagome's mother had told them both of dinner being ready soon, and Kagome that Kagome and Sota would do there best to entertain them, until then.
Kurama, being alerted by the boys presence, politely told the girls of how he needed a quick respite, and that he would return shortely. Even after leaving the room, the girls still continued their inquisitive discussions as if he were still present.
"Good evening", Kurama stated towards the two teens.
"Kurama? What are you doing here", said Yusuke.
"The same reason you're here, though I believe we need to discuss something in private. Come Yusuke."
"What about me", said Kuwabara.
"You've been given a special assignment Kuwabara. Botan will give you the details later, but for now, you'll remain here, and entertain the Higarashi family."
Hearing those words, a big smile appeared on Kuwabara's face, "Hear that, Urameshi? A special assingment. Looks like you're out of a job. Say hello to the earth's new spirit detective: Kazuma Kuwabara."
"Don't get too carried away Kuwabara. Special Assignment? Think Special olympics", Yusuke sneered.
Kurama opening the front door to house, " Come Yusuke"
Later outside, Yusuke and Kurama decide to talk right nect to the shed, the leads to the wale:
"So what must you tell me, that can't be heard in front of others, Kurama? Oh wait, don't tell me, you've developed a crush on Kagome, and you've decided to make sure that I have no plans of making a move on her"
"Projecting, are we Yusuke?"
"What?"
"Nevermind. Listen Yusuke, ever since your earlier encounter with that demon you had engaged on the highway, the spirit world has been full of chaos"
"How did you know about that?"
"The black cloud covering most of the roadway you were on was on the television, and the only demon capable of using such an artifice is part of an elite-gang that even the most powerful warriors of the spirit world guard have no way of stopping."
"So why were they after me?"
"That, we are still unsure of, but Hiei had recently stumbled upon a list of names that were required to be captured, and you appeared to be on it."
"So if they wanted me, why didn't they capture me when they had the chance."
"Well it had seemed that this was about to happen, until Koenma decided to make a bold sacrifice. Like you Yusuke, Koenma had also happened to be on that list. In exchange for your freedom, Koenma offered up his own"
After hearing these words, Yusuke was shocked, and appeared as if he had just seen a ghost. Immediately, he had plummeted to the ground, while on his knees. However, this did not stop Kurama from finishing what he had to say.
"Yusuke, for whatever it is they are doing, they apparently need all the names on that list to be present and alive. We must act quickly. Within three weeks, we must be ready to venture over to the never world. "
"Kurama, I may be stupid, but even I can see that you know more to this, than you are letting on."
"I'm sorry Yusuke, but you're already in enough jeapordy. Having any more knowledge is too dangerous, even for you. Now I must go now, for I will need to prepare for our long journey. I will return in two weeks. By then, Kagome should decide whether or not she agrees to this."
"But we can't even enter the never world without her."
Kurama merely lets loose a gentle smile and says, "I trust that by then, everything will be in place. It's in your hands, Yusuke. But during this time, you will need to protect Kagome at all cost, for she is on that list as well. And if these new foes manage to capture her, the world as we know it will end."
Knowing that he has said enough, Kurama turns around, and walks off into the distance while saying, "'Till we meet again."
"Until we meet again someday" (ending theme)
As I travel to the stars, it's almost not too far
I try to find you,
but you're nowhere near.
I base my search on just what I hear
My path is lit on your tears.
I will find you
They try to stop me by tearing me apart
Not that it will stop my heart
There are consequences for everything
But I don't care
What I would do to feel your hair.
I will search everywhere
I will find you
I've died once, but I'll die twice if that's what it will take
Such a heavy decision it is to make
In an instant it is made by me
Together one day, we will be
Through the skies I will sore
I will use all of my power, and more
Whatever it takes to have you again
T'ill we meat again some day, my sweet friend
I will find you
Sorry about another slow chapter, but the slowness won't end, 'till chapter five. Next time, the pace becomes acceptable, and we'll actually dig into this crazy plot of mine. What's that mean? Longer chapters, more details, and maybe what you've been wanting for a long time. Who knows? Judge it, review it, flame the heck out of me. ; )
Lastly, anything that may seem as a contradiction within my storyline is really not. I've got something cooking.