Past and Modern Adventure
Written By: Mandii (Boukyaku)
I do not own InuYasha or YuYu Hakusho.
Chapter VI
(EDITED)
"Pure Jewel and Explanation's"
The boat left for the island as soon as everyone had boarded, there was no waiting for late-comer's. A glance around the boat though made it clear that all the teams were there, and apparently had been waiting longer then the single human team that was present. Speaking of which though, two relatives of that same human team were currently causing mayhem on the large boat. Two black-haired blurs darting between the demons, one in a panic, and the other yelling out threats.
Kagome had been attempting to avoid her loving cousin for the past fifteen minutes, and their family dispute was making the already anxious demons into an angry mob. Unfortunately, the boat had limited places to hide in.
"You're trapped. Explain." Yusuke crossed his arms as he cornered his panicked cousin into the railing, ironically next to their last three group members, where Kagome had tried to use her friend as a shield. Hiei wouldn't have that though, and had jumped up to stand on the railing instead.
"Hahaha..." Kagome laughed nervously and brought her hands up in front of her in a defensive manner. "There's nothing to explain... why would you think there's something to explain? I'm absolutely innocent!"
"How about starting off with how you know Hiei?" He glared at her.
"Hahaha..." The nervous laughter again. She then looked off past him for a moment, looked back, then did a convincing double-take. "Hey, it looks like th---!"
"I'm not falling for that!"
"No, seriously! The Captain is about to say something!" She pulled off a serious look and pointed past him. Yusuke gave her a pointed look before slowly looking over his shoulder, Kuwabara around looking around confused. Their attention turned to the Captain who was merely directing the boat, and Kurama and Hiei sweatdropped as Kagome took off once more, laughing gleefully.
"No, he isn't..." Kuwabara mumbled as he turned back to the spot Kagome once was. "Urameshi, your cousin ran off again." But a red Yusuke, who appeared to have steam coming out of his ears, didn't need to turn back around to know that.
"AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGH! KAAAAAAGOOOOOOOMEEEEEE!"
"Time to take cover." Kurama noted. Hiei and a usually slow Kuwabara both nodded in agreement.
Yusuke's aura rolled over the boat, and his anger was quickly taken out on the surrounding demon's. Soon enough, only Team Urameshi and the Captain(that had wisely been been steering the boat from a higher deck) were the only one's left aboard.
"KAGOME!" Yusuke stomped off again to hunt down his cousin, or hunt down her body. Even if she was dead, he'd force Koenma to bring her back so he could kill her himself.
"Well... I guess Team Urameshi will be the last team." The Captain mumbled to himself, finding no use in announcing it anyway.
Hiei appeared in his previous spot, standing on the railing once more while Kurama, Kuwabara, and Kagome all pulled themselves up from the outside the railing, having hung from the side of the ship when Yusuke momentarily lost control. Wait... when did Kagome get there? (A/N: *sweat* ... Kagome is very unpredictable...?)
"Is he gone?"
"Yes, but he'll be back soon enough." Kurama chuckled while Kagome sighed and slid down to the deck and leaned against the railing.
"What did the shrimp mean though?" Kuwabara blinked down at his best friend's cousin curiously.
She looked up dryly at him. "If I don't plan on telling Yusuke, what makes you think I'll tell you?" She was beginning to think she should've broug--- but wait... she did bring one.
Kuwabara frowned, almost looking like a pouting kid. "Just like the shrimp..." He mumbled to himself. Unfortunately Kagome heard him and was taking it the wrong way.
"What?"
"Huh...u-uh... well, you're kinda like the shrimp... with your... I mean... um..."
Kagome only seemed to get more annoyed now, the mumbling coming from Kuwabara having the opposite effect since he couldn't seem to get the words out. She looked up at Hiei, but seeing the annoyed look on his face convinced her that whatever the orange-haired male was trying to say was not going to be nice. She pulled one of the bags from her shoulder and dug in one of the front pockets that had failed to be emptied when she came home from the feudal era for the last time.
"Aha!" The rosary she pulled out looked just like the one InuYasha wore, but this once had blue beads instead of the dark purple that tied Inuyasha's together.
The three male's turned to Kagome's hands and one of them smirked in satisfaction.
"A necklace?" Kuwabara questioned.
"Kagome!" Said person stiffened as her cousin's voice reached her ears, and she laughed nervously, clutching the rosary in her hands tightly.
"Shoot..."
"Put it on the fool." Hiei's voice cut-in, he was clearly anxious to see Kuwabara head face-first into the deck boards.
Kagome looked between the three males, make that four(as soon as Kurama started chuckling). First thing was first... she held up the rosary and thought back to the words Kaede had taught her. She had to repeat it to herself mentally a few times before she finally repeated it aloud.
The beads exploded out-ward before appearing around Kuwabara's neck in the same fashion Inuyasha's had. "Now for the word of subjugation..." She sighed and looked up at Kuwabara.
"What the--- Urameshi! Your cousin did something weird! Get it off!" He pulled at the necklace in desperate attempt to get the rosary off.
"Jeez, Kuwabara..." Yusuke snorted. "Can't get a simple nec---" The teen tugged at the rosary. Then again. "What the hell?!"
Kurama looked up at the smug look on Hiei's face before turning to an equally smug Kagome. "You said subjugation, Kagome. This necklace is a rosary?"
Kagome smiled at the red-head and nodded, she was proud that she had been able to properly place the rosary.
"Do it, already."
"You've gotten quite impatient, Hiei..."
"Just do it."
"Do what?" Yusuke and Kuwabara asked in unison.
"Down." Kagome pointed at the deck, and the necklace around Kuwabara's neck gave off a pink light before he was abruptly brought down into the boards of the deck.
A silence came right after, other then the mumbling of Kuwabara as he tried to pick himself up.
"You're a nice guy Kuwabara, but please refrain from insulting Hiei and under-estimating my skills as a fighter." Yusuke burst into full-blown laughter while Hiei dropped down in front of Kuwabara.
"You're finally in your rightful place, fool."
Kuwabara immediately jumped up, forgetting the one who had placed the spell on him in favor of yelling at Hiei.
"I'll show you your "rightful place", shrimp!" He moved to punch the shorter male in black, but Hiei simply side-stepped and Kuwabara ended up tripping and falling on his face on his own.
Kurama turned to their only female fighter curiously as his teammates got into a internal fight. "I wasn't aware miko's existed anymore." This caused Kagome to stiffen. She then flashed him a look that clearly said 'you're too smart for your own good'.
"Yeah..." She laughed lightly, it trailing off into a nervous whine. "You caught me."
"A miko, huh?"
She jumped and turned to her cousin who was frowning down at her.
"That sounds familiar..." Kuwabara mumbled from beside Yusuke who nodded in rare agreement.
"Oi... we heard about them in some story in school, right? About some jewel or something."
Kagome stared at her cousin in bewilderment. "You... actually paid atten---scratch that, went to class?"
"Keiko made me go!" He defended himself with an annoyed snort. He then shrugged and shoved her hands in his pockets. "Besides... they were talking about demons..."
"The Shikon no Tama is a famous legend." Kurama noted, drawing his team mates attention to himself.
"Hey, that was the one!" Kuwabara and Yusuke shared a look. Hiei seemed to be the only one to notice Kagome's discomfort with the subject at hand.
"Though it was never said what happened to the jewel, it simply disappeared along with its Guardian Miko of the shard collecting group. The only one's that would know the whole story would be the Lords of Makai."
"Lords of Makai...?" Kagome stepped forward and peered at the red-head anxiously.
"Lord Inutaisho, Lord Sesshomaru, and Lord Inuyasha." Kurama looked down at the female.
"What?! They're still alive?!" Hiei rolled his eyes as Kagome turned to look back at him for answers.
"You act as if you know them, Kagome..." Kurama mused as Yusuke narrowed his eyes in slight suspicion."
"U-um... well..."
"Spill it." Yusuke stepped toward her nervous form.
She looked up at Hiei for help, but he simply rose a single brow in amusement. He was clearly laughing inwardly at her expense. Well... if she told them now, it would save her a lot of explaining later(especially when Genkai and Yukina were there; she prefered to keep her secret from as many people as possible), but Yusuke was stubborn... much like herself.
"Okay..." Kagome sighed and gave a sheepish smile. "That Guardian Miko... well, I'm that Guardian Miko." There was a silence before Yusuke blew up again.
"What?! But that story happened like... a thousand yea---"
"Five hundred, actually, Yusuke." Of course, it was Kurama who interuptted.
"Shut up, fox-boy!" A already annoyed spirit detective glared at Kurama who sweatdropped in a comical manner.
"About that though..." Kagome gained their attention again, a serious look upon her face. "You remember the well house on our shrine?"
"The one Gramps told us to stay out of all the time?" Yusuke quirked a brow.
"Yes, the Bone-Eater's well." She nodded. "On my fifteenth birthday, I was pu--- I fell down that well and when I pulled myself back out... I found myself five hundred years back in time. In the Feudal Era. That's... where Hiei and met."
Yusuke and Kuwabara were gaping at her openly. "As in like... you time traveled?" They exchanged looks before looking at Kagome.
"Yes."
"If that's true, you must carry the Shikon." Kurama stated, and Kagome looked at him nervously for a moment of silence.
'You can trust this Kurama.' Hiei's voice echo'd in her head, and she briefly wondered what he meant by this Kurama.
"I do." She rested a hand over the bulge in her t-shirt where the jewel rested beneath her shirt.
"Are you crazy?! With that thing, demon's will be after us left and right!" Yusuke glared at his cousin, he was really re-thinking his decision to kill his own cousin.
"I'm not stupid! I keep a concealment spell over it so no one can sense it and my energy!" She snapped back.
"You must be extra careful while you carry that, demons will do anything to get a hold of it." Kurama advised her before turning to the Captain
"Approaching Hanging Neck Island" The captain announced.
"I know."
End Chapter VI