I'm back, and took the afternoon to update my stories. I still have a week of grounding though so I'm basicly sneaking on at the moment. But anyways, I'm SURE you'll all like this chapter and I won't say why! Hee-hee. Yes, tell me I'm mean but you'll find out. I really want to thank all my reviewers, you all send me such touching reviews and I'm glad. I'm going to try and update as much as possible no matter how lazy I am. I'm still not sure how many chapters are left. But my goal is to finish this story by the end of the summer. What do you say? Great huh? Well I'm sure your anxious to read so continue on!

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Oblivion-Kitsune

Oblivion-Fox

Oblivion-Miko

Miko-of-the-Oblivion

Oblivion-Ice

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Chapter 20 "New Discovery"

Yusuke frowned down at his sleeping cousin from his spot next to her on the bed. She wasn't his baby cousin anymore, dispite how childish they both acted at times towards each other. Team Urameshi could lost if it had not been for her stubborn nature at giving up, she bravely made a deadly deal and risked her life in the previous matches just so Team Urameshi wouldn't suffer defeat, and in a pathetic way at that. He scratched his head giving an annoyed grunt. He stood up after looking at Kagome once more and went over to the couches sitting back with his arms crossed. He was still disappointed over one thing though, and that was he barely got a fight in. Sure he fought in the fourth match, but that didn't last long and Hiei was frustrated and took the fifth match. He looked up as the three other team members entered the room followed by the girls.

"So? Whats the deal?" Yusuke asked raising a brow.

"We'll be going up againest the others in the final match. I think you'll be happy to know that they've become stronger as well." Kurama stated

"Awesome! I was hoping we'd get to fight them, and in the finals too. I think I can finally relax and not worry about being killed in the Finals." Yusuke grinned

"But! The question is...!" Botan sat down on one of the couches "Who will fight who?" The rest sat down as well thinking about this.

"Oh, I've been meaning to ask. How is Kagome doing? Does she need any healing?" Yukina asked softly looking over at said resting team member.

"I think she's fine now, she just needs soe rest. Stupid girl..." Yusuke muttered

"She reminds me of someone else I know." Keiko put in smiling lightly. Yusuke blinked confused looking at the floor in thought.

"Hey...wait a minute! Kag and I are nothing alike!" He protested, the others laughed at his expense making him even more frustrated. "Ah, shut up before I make you." He crossed his arms, a light twitch coming to his eye.

"Back to the topic at hand, who is fighting who?" Koenma asked

"Well, I myself wouldn't mind a rematch with Touya, but I'm also curious to see how I am up againest the others." Kurama said calmly

"Yeah, good point. Lets see...I've fought Jin and Chu." Yusuke said holding up two of his fingers.

"I got Rinku and Zazuka" Kuwabara put in.

"And got beaten badly by both." Hiei said

"Why I outta..."

"If you two wake Kag up I will beat your asses myself." Yusuke glared at them. Hiei glared back but Kuwabara obeyed glancing at Kagome to make sure he didn't wake her.

"If I remember correctly, Hiei hasn't fought any of them, and Kurama of course had Touya." Koema continued.

"And Genkai fought Zazuka. Kagome wasn't even here then, so she hasn't fought any of them either." Botan said

"So what? You plan to each go againest someone different this time?" Shizuru asked raising a brow.

"It'd be a bit more interesting." Kurama said

"If you do that, you'll still need to make sure you have some way to beat them. Don't pick someone and get out there and not have anything to stop them with." Genkai said, talking for the first time since they entered the room.

"Thats true." Kurama agreed

"We could put Kagome up againest Zazuka...but I don't think he'd live after that." Genkai said, the group sweatdropped agreeing remembering Genaki's fight with him, a woman's temper came be all the same too.

"Kuwabara can fight him." Yusuke said boredly

"But I already fought him!"

"Barely, that wasn't even a fight. It was just embarassing." Hiei commented with a snort. Kuwabara clenched his fist but remembered what Yusuke said and refrained from saying anything.

"Can anyone here fly?" Yusuke asked, he got dry looks. "Didn't think so."

"Kagome could fight Jin, I'm sure it would be a fair match." Yukina said having known Kagome longer then everyone except Genkai, Yusuke, and Hiei.

"What makes you say that?" Keiko asked the ice apparaition next to her.

"Well, Kagome is skilled with s many different kinds of weapons including that Hiraikotsu of hers which could easily get to Jin if he flew."

"Good point. Alright then, so so far its Jin/Kagome and Kuwabara/Zazuka." Yusuke said

"Leaving Rinku, Chu, and Touya."

"I'm not fighting the child." Hiei gave Yusuke a look. "I'll take on Touya, I need a challenge."

"Fire againest ice, I guess thats fair. I suppose I'll go up againest Chu then." Kurama said

"Leaving me with Rinku." Yusuke said annoyed. A knock came to the door bringing everyone out of their topic at hand once again. Kurama stood up and walked over opening it. He came back with a couple of bouqet's of flowers.

"What the hell? What're those for?" Yusuke asked, Kurama looked at the tags.

"These are for Kagome from Inutaisho-sama and the others...and these are..." Kurama covered his mouth chuckling a bit.

"What? Who're they for?" Almost the whole group asked

"Hiei"

Hiei himself fell off his perch on the back of the couch, as Botan, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Koenma all fell over as well. Kurama threw the bouqet over to the fire apparaition who caught them in one hand recovering from his shock. He scowled at them and glared at the others as they waited for him to tell them who sent them.

"Come on Hiei, who're they from?" Yusuke grinned

"Yeah, come on short stuff."

Hiei opened the card and his eyes widened ever so slightly as his eyes darted over the message left. "Kanna"

"Kanna? Who's that?" Keiko asked confused

"That sounds familier...where's it from though?" Yusuke scratched his head angerly. They were so busy thinking about it, only Kurama was the one who noticed the red upon Hiei's face as he looked away embarassed.

"What about Kanna?" Kagome's sleepy voice asked. The group looked over to her as she rubbed her eyes sleepily looking at them.

"Hiei got some flowers from a girl named Kanna, you know her?" Yusuke asked, Kagome yawned stiffling a small giggle.

"Kanna was the girl in the all white kimono, that delievered Miroku's staff to Yusuke, and Sango's Hiraikotsu to me. The shorter of the two." Kagome laid back down closing her eyes. "I was wodnering when she'd admit her feelings..." She whispered as she drifted back off to sleep.

"Oh! I knew that name was familier!" Yusuke and Kuwabara grinned at each other. Kurama shook his head, before chuckling. Hiei had taken that moment of distraction to disappear from the room, which disappointed many in the room.

"Someone who likes Hiei...I didn't think it was possible. Think Hiei will return the feelings?" He asked

"Yeah right" Kuwabara snorted

"I think its sweet! Hiei has finally found someone who cares about him like that. Absolutely romantic!" Botan chirped clapping her hands together.

"I agree." Yukina and Keiko both said exchanging smiles.

"I don't know...I don't see Hiei as one to settle down with a girlfriend." Yusuke said "Besides, he doesn't even know her."

"Wrong Yusuke, remember that Hiei and Kagome met 500 years ago in the Feudal Era, along with the others. Hiei knows them all quite well." Kurama put in.

"Oh yeah...I forgot about that." Yusuke muttered

Kagome POV

"How are you feeling?" Midoriko asked softly. Kagome shrugged ever so slightly as she leaned up againest the tree in her dreamscape.

"Nothing in here, but I'm sure once I wake up again I'll feel like crap."

"Thats understandable, you did fight in three matches with no break. But I'm sure you could have found a way to beat those last two if you had too."

"I don't think so, the third match wasn't even fair. Turuka gave me that match, for what reason I don't know." Kagome sighed

"He was a difficult one all right. His ability to harness acid is incredible."

"I've never seen anything like it before, acid is one tricky substance. And its not like I have something that could stand up againest it. I need to hit the books again."

"That probably a wise thing to do. I'm sure your era has something you can look into for that kind of information. Unfortunately...I never came across a demon of his sort. So I can not help you."

"That fine, I shouldn't rely on you for everything anyway." Kagome sat up smiling lightly.

"What do you plan to do after the tournament?"

"Oh, well apparently I'm going to be transferred to Yusuke's school. Thats where some of the others are teachng at and they want to "Keep-an-eye-on-me"." She said annoyed

"Is that so? This should get interesting then."

"You mean amusing." Kagome scowled at her, Midoriko laughed lightly.

"For me that is."

"Your not helping Mido!" Kagome whined pulling at her hair. "Anyways.. Kanna finally admitted her feelings for Hiei."

"How so?"

"Sent him flowers apparently. Thats really cute." Kagome leaned back on her hands looking up at the sky in amusement.

"Shut up onna." Came an all too familier voice. Kagome laughed as Hiei stepped into the dreamscape his cheeks still red as he scowled and glared at her.

"Its nice to see you again Hiei." Midoriko nodded in greeting. He nodded back before abruptly sitting down cross-legged in front of them with a frustrated look.

"Whats wrong Hiei? You can't be that upset about this can you?"

"Why shouldn't I?"

"Come on Hiei, is it that bad to have someone love you? Its not my place to say this, but Kanna's loved you for a long time." Kagome said a serious tone coming to her voice.

"Why should I care?"

"Your just not used to being loved, is that it?" Midoriko asked. Hiei sighed and glared at the ground, of all people he choose these two to come too. He could've gone to Kurama, but Kurama hadn't experienced actual love before. Not that Kagome or Midoriko had either, but girls seemed to know more about this then anyone else and he trusted them the most with what he was dealing with.

"I'm sure thats the case. Well...besides me...cause I've always loved you!" Kagome laughed throwing herself at the fire apparaition laughing.

"Onna! Get off!"

"But why? Don't you love meh? Cause whether or not you do, your stuck with me until the day I die!" Kagome laughed again. Hiei pushed her off of himself brushing himself off. Screw that, maybe the only helped he'd get was from Midoriko. Midoriko shook her head in amusement before her serious face came back into play.

"You should learn to accept it, in fact...I'll bet you're already starting to accept it. Not once in your life have you ever been told that you were loved in this way. I'm sure you feel embarassed but good all the same. Am I right?" Hiei continued glaring at the ground in front of him ignoring Kagome as she settled down on her stomach next to him listening to Midoriko intently.

"Everyone likes being told their loved. And I mean everyone. Onigumo's love for Kikyo saved her from being destroyed by Naraku, who tried to kill her more then once. Is that not proof?" Midoriko asked, Hiei seemed to think about this.

"Kanna is a good person, dispite her past with serving Naraku. She didn't have a choice to begin with, but she's still a good person and forever will be. My love for Inuyasha turned out just to be a brother/sister bond so I don't know if I'm one to be saying this, but if someone loves you. I say give them a chance. Its not like your getting married or mating your first date or something." Kagome put in smiling at him.

"She's right, for once." Midoriko said amused.

"Hey! Whats that supposed to mean?" Kagome pouted

"It means your clueless and naive about love and don't know when it right in front of you." Hiei said closing his eyes.

"Huh?" Kagome was officially confused and put into thinking mode shutting her up. Midoriko smiled again, she knew what Hiei was getting at. Hiei stood up mumbling a thanks before disappearing from the dreamscape. Midoriko raised a brow at Kagome, she was putting a lot of work into thinking this through.

"I still don't get it..." Kagome turned to her. Midoriko sweatdropped.

"Kagome, perhaps it was time you started looking around for a steady boyfriend?"

"Are you kidding? Whose crazy enough to put up with me?" Midoriko slumped still sweatdropping.

"Kagome...you need to start paying more attention to your surroundings, its not that hard to figure out." She sighed standing. Kagome still looked confused as she stood up as well.

"I do pay attention to my surroundings!"

"Not enough." Kagome blinked and the next moment she woke and sat up in her bed. 'I need to pay more attention to my surroundings? And whats this about a steady boyfriend?'

"Whats wrong with you? You look like your thinking." Yusuke said from the couch. Kagome blinked a couple of times.

"Oh uh yea..."

"How are you feeling?" Kurama asked, she turned to him.

"Oh, I'm doing fi..." Something seemed to click in her head, what Hiei said, the hints Midoriko gave her, and...all the times Kurama was there helping her. Her face took on a red color of cherry red before she bolted from the room in embarassment.

"Kagome?" they yelled in bewilderment.

"Leave her, she'll be fine." Hiei seemed to appear in the right place at the right time.

With the Inutaisho Group (in the hotel room)

To say they were surprised when Kagome bolted into their room unexpectedly was an understatement. She scared the crap out of all of them when the door had slammed open all of the sudden. She was currently hiding behind one of their couches her face hidden in her arms and her knees curled up to her body. The whole group was sweatdropping as they waited for her to explain why she was there. At the present, Inutaisho, Sesshoumaru, Ayame, Kagura, and Kanna were there.

"Uh...Kag? What's going on?" Kagura asked peering over the couch.

"Kagura...?"

"Yes?"

"Am I really clueless and naive about love?" Came her muffled question. The group sweatdropped again.

"W-what brought this up?"

"JUST ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!" Kagura and Ayame jumped while Inutaisho covered his mouth stiffling his laughter.

"Well...you've been known to not know when someone loves you when their right in front of you, while everyone else seems to know about it." Kagura said

"Can I stay in here tonight?"

"Why?"

"I uh...don't...really...feel up to going back to ...my room..." She mumbled

"If its alright with Kanna, you an sleep with her in her room."

"Thats fine." Kanna said softly

"Thank you so much..."

Inuyasha, Shippo, and Kouga were all confused when they sensed Kagome and were almost beaten alive when by Kagura and Ayame when they tried to wake her up.

"So what...someone likes her?" Inuyasha asked annoyed

"Most likely the fox." Sesshoumaru said "There's only four boys on that team, Hiei and Yusuke Urameshi are out of the question. Along with the human who seems to have interest in the koorime. Theres no question about it."

"So...what did Kagome think?" Shippo asked

"She's just a bit embarassed, but I'm sure she'll put a lot of thought into it before she confronts him. And thats if she ever does." Ayame said. A light knocking came to the door and Kanna went to answer it while the others continued their conversation. Kanna found the young Koorime there holding a parchment of paper.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if Kagome had come here?" Yukina asked politely

"She has, she is sleeping at the moment." Kanna said softly, "You are Yukina?" Yukina seemed slightly taken a back.

"Um...oh yes. Thats right. And you are?"

"Kanna"

"So your Kanna, the one who likes Hiei?" Yukina blushed in embarassment "Sorry, thats not my business."

"Its fine..." Kanna had a light pink tinge to her cheeks as well though. Yukina held out the parchment of paper letting Kanna take it.

"Thats to you from Hiei then, I'll leave you be now. Thank you." Yukina bowed and walked down the hall again to report about Kagome. Kanna studied the note in her hand softly closing the door.

'So thats Hiei's sister...' she thought

End Chapter

There you have it, over 3000 words! I think... well I'll try and update soon! Now that the fun part of the story is a comin'. I have a lot of time coming the week of June 12th-17th, I hope to get a new chapter typed up by then. But no promises!

Mandy