---Road to an Eternity of Wars---
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho and anything else that seems related to any other copyright item/game.
A/N: OK! TOO MUCH HOMEWORK!
Lol, moving on…
So, someone has requested a Sango/Hiei pairing, which I will try to resolve to the best I can. It isn't any trouble, don't worry!
Chapter 5: When Even Dreams Tire You Out
Dreamscape (Kagome/Sango/Yukina/Keiko/Botan)…
"Hm…looks like they aren't awake yet…" Kagome murmured to herself, wondering if they were going to fall asleep at all, considering all the information they had to absorb in a matter of hours.
Hearing a 'pop' to her left, she turned, thinking about who feel sleep first to come to the seperate land from reality.
"Ah! Sango! Asleep already?" Kagome chuckled.
"Yes, now…all we have to do is wait for-"
Three 'pops' were heard and Yukina, Keiko, and Botan arrived.
"Whoa! Hi!" Keiko said brightly.
"We're here!" Botan told them cheerily.
"Hello! Botan, Keiko and I are ready for the training!" Yukina added. She wasn't as shy as before, talking more to the group now, though she was never sarcastic or anything. Yukina was just too kind for that.
((OH! And just to note, when they will be fighting, they will be acting really OOC because you really don't want to hesitate when you fight, do you? Because it could result in death. They will learn that during their training...))
"And here you go!" Sango exclaimed, "Let's get started. If we're lucky, we'll finish the training tonight and things"
"Oh…" Kagome said nervously.
"What is it Kagome?" Yukina asked.
"I was just wondering, if you have a problem about not wearing the school uniforms to school. It's just because then you're fully prepared under the cloak and things…" she told them, tugging on the collar of her clothes.
((They're wearing suitable training outfits right now. They got into them as soon as the started dreaming. That sounded…different))
"It's fine with me!" Botan answered cheerily.
"Me too, I guess" Keiko replied.
"Sure then!" Yukina smiled.
With that finishing then, Sango conjured up 5 spears to start off the training. Tossing one to Kagome, Yukina, Keiko, and Botan, the two started to direct then how to use the weapon to perfection.
4 'Dream' Hours Later...
((There is no time in the dream place. When they're finished, they just wake up at their usual time in the morning, no matter how long the dream seemed to be.))
Sweating, Botan dropped the illusionary sword with a loud clank. Yukina stabbed the spear into the ground, leaning against it for slight support. Keiko sprawled out onto the grass, dagger in each hand.
They had done intense training for the past couple hours and thinking about when Kagome said they'd master ALL the weapons, the 3 recalled her warning them about the hard training. Thankfully, Botan, Keiko, and Yukina were sort of expecting this. I mean, if you were to master basically every weapon there could be, then obviously, it would take a long time...
Kagome smirked from a good spar and more, Sango smiling from the conversation with Botan, Yukina, and Keiko while sparring.
She got to play matchmaker for Kagome now, if Kagome liked it or not. Now the other three would be scouting for the perfect guy for her, watching how she reacted to a guy and how he acted around her.
"Here!" Botan offered, figuring out that if you thought really hard, you could create things since it was an alternate reality in your mind.
Creating lemonade glasses, she handed them out.
"Thanks!" Everyone chorused, breathing heavily.
"Hm…sugar!" Kagome smiled, creating a packet of sugar, "Damnit!" Opening the packet, apparently, she forgot to imagine the sugar…
"Here" Yukina suggested, handing one of hers.
"Arigato"
They resumed training not long after.
Around10 Days Since The Dream Started…
((Wow! Lots of training!))
Ok, now everyone was flat out sprawled on the ground, panting heavily.
"Nice…training…you learned…fast" Kagome made out.
"I agree…now…one of us…has got…to…get…the new…squad items for…them" Sango breathed.
Kagome hastily stood up, and then appeared again with things. Sitting up, the three other girls used the nearest tree for support. Sango got up and stood beside Kagome.
After settling down a little more, everybody regained their breath.
"Alright! Congratulations on completing the training! You understand that you now have duties like these…spirit detectives you speak of, right?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah!" Keiko answered excitedly.
"Uh-huh"
"Yes"
Sango continued, "Well, remember to keep this all a secret, although people will be suspicious. We'll be providing all of you with a barrier around the area you live in and a mental barrier courtesy of Kagome. Now Keiko, if you would please step up…"
Keiko stood up and walked towards them. Kagome and Sango randomly chose a cloak, which ended up as silver coloured one. She also got a demon slayer outfit just like Sango's except in white and red with a long, flexibleskirt instead of pants.
Then there was a big, thin, black bod with a slot on the top of it, wide enough to slide your hand in and lift something long and thin out of it.
"The weapon chooses you. They know all 3 of you are here and who they want to go with…" Kagome explained, "You will also get 1 weapon as a gift that the thing chooses too"
Nodding, Keiko stuck her hand into the slit and paused for a moment as a power shot up her arm. It was very eerie and unnerved her a bit as to what would happen.
There was a jolt of energy and you could hear shuffling inside the container. There was then some clinking of metal and some more zaps of energy. Finally, Keiko was able to grasp one.
Keiko pulled out a silver old-fashioned key-like staff, a beautiful bracelet that had the engravings 'Creation' on it, and 7 jeweled daggers with sheaths.
"Wow…" She gawked.
"Anyways…Yukina! We'll be telling you how to do everything after you receive your cloaks" Sango told them.
((Ok, change of colours a little. The cloak colours will be the same colour as their staff. Simpler now, if you ask me))
Cautiously, Yukina dipped her hand in through the slits of the box. There was the same sequence as Keiko's, feeling a little reassured though because Keiko had made it through this,and she drew out a purple-ish metal staff and a bracelet that had the carvings 'Destiny'. The key was once again that key shape. Her weapon was a gold and silver sword.
Yukina's outfit was a ice blue kimono that had room for very flexible movementcomplete witha silver obi that could slide a sheath pretty easily into it. The kimono didn't give the impression that it was suitable to fight in, but when you'd see her fight, clearly, you'd think different. Very, very different.
Botan was last, drawing out a strangely red metal key staff, with the engravings 'Dominate' on her bracelet. Not surprisingly, the choice of weapon was a scythe, with a slightly hook-shaped blade sticking out of the side and a few sharp 'teeth' at the other end. Botan could stab at the end of the scythe and do the same amount of damage as if she had stabbed 3 daggers into the same area.
Her outfit looked exactly like in the Inuyasha episode when there was that demon and the demon tree and Kagome needed clothes, hence taking the hanyou's haori to make it look like a red dress with an obi. Botan's is exactly the same as this except in bubblegum pink and it's more fitting and just a little bit longer.
"Ok guys! Watch this and we'll show you yours too" Kagome took out her staff and yelled "Judgment!"
The two went on to explaining the properties of the bracelet and how to work the staff. Practicing that for another 3 hours or so, it was finally time to 'wake up' back into reality, where they had some schoolwork and other things than training to do.
Next Morning, Higurashi Shrine…
Sango woke up, deciding to take a shower. After that, she dried her hair and put on her battle gear, taking the ring off so her cloak would come on. ((The cloaks they wear to school are the ones they recieved))
Heading down, she soon realized that someone had woken up before her and the scent of food was lingering in the air. Turning around, she saw Kagome trudging down behind her. That could only mean… "Miroku? Is that you?"
"No! It's Yukina, Botan, and I! We just decided to come by and help you, then walk to school together," Keiko cried out, fumbling with the frying pan.
"Thanks!" Sango called back.
((There is a barrier around the shrine, but Kagome gave them permission to enter and leave as they please. This includes the garden))
There was then a loud snort and Miroku tripped down the stairs, landing with a 'thump' at the bottom step. Picking himself back up, he walked to the kitchen.
"Why, hello ladies!" he called out, embracing the unexpected girls into a big hug.
SMACK
CRASH
BONK
"HENTAI!"
A thump of something falling from the wall was heard, and then a sliding noise with a final 'thump' and then it was quiet.
Wincing, Kagome and Sango nervously proceeded into the kitchen.
Miroku was on the floor with bruises all over his body and mostly his head. Botan and Keiko were glaring at him and Yukina was kneeling, asking him if he was ok with a worried look on her face. Surprisingly, when he woke back up, he didn't grope her, he just sat down to his breakfast, said hi to Kagome and Sango, and then went back to his room.
"Sometimes I wonder if he suffered brain damage throughout all these years..." Sango thought out loud. Inside, she pitied him, 'Maybe I shouldn't hit him as hard next time...'
The 5 took their seats at the table, Miroku on the floor, seemingly unfit to get up at any time by then. Yukina handed out plates of pancakes and syrup to every person.
"I love your house! It's like luxury in a seemingly regular house" Keiko forked over another pancake.
"Thanks!" Sango beamed. They had all worked on the shrine together very hard, and to recieve their first compliment made the 3 very happy.
"You guys should really try out the bathroom" Kagome added, "Just like the feudal era" she sighed.
"We will sometime!" Botan exclaimed, hoping it was sometime soon.
"I think my cousin goes to the school we're going to, except I can't seem to see him anywhere. It's almost as if he wasn't even there"
"What's his name?" Yukina asked.
"Yusuke. Yusuke Urameshi"
"WHAT?" Botan and Keiko shouted. Yukina just looked slightly bewildered. The three just couldn't see how Kagome could be related in any way to the bad-ass, cocky jerk.
"What's the matter?"
"Yusuke is the guy in the story we told you about! Kurama is the fox, Hiei is the koomire, Kuwabara is the idiot, and Yukina's his brother, Keiko's Yusuke boyfriend, and I'm the grim reaper!"
"And why didn't you tell me this earlier!"
"I forgot..." Botan replied meekly. Everyone else at the table just sweat dropped. Maybe she was just being so cheerful when she told the story that she forgot to mention certain...parts to the story.
Not wasting any time then, Botan retold the whole story, this time slowly and with every precise detail. The rest of the squad looked for satisfied that she was finished now. The more detail, the more everyone could come to trust each other better.
"Wow...I'm going to have to see how he does on this now. We'll have to be more careful keeping this a secret from everybody..." Kagome said, "And he's probably hardly there because knowing him, he's skipping. More, or less" she stated dryly.
"Yes! And remember, we're all on this together" Miroku and Sango added in. The rest of the group just nodded in agreement.
"Time to get to school!" Keiko smiled, "Oh yeah!" she exclaimed and timidly turned to Kagome, "I was wondering if you had a place I could stay here since we'll be working together...I'm planning on moving out of my parent's house, and I'd love to live at this great shrine!"
Kagome thought for a moment, "Sure! Just choose one the the guest rooms and we'll make it yours!"
Keiko picked guestroom #2, really awed by the display on the walls in the rooms. Out of this, they were shown Sango, Miroku, and Kagome's rooms too. ((For description on how guestroom #2 looks, check back on chapter 2...))
They had gotten Yukina into it and Hiei didn't mind because the rest of the group was there to protect her. Of course, they put up a big fight about it that Yukina really didn't know about. Botan and Keiko had stated that she needed to have time to hang out with them more, saying that school was the perfect place to interact.
"Ok!" the other girls called out in unison, slipping their ring off so it transformed into their cloaks. Soon after, Miroku joined in with them, wearing a simple, brown cloak.
It would be the start of another regular school day.
Hey! What did you think of this chapter? Ok! Going to bed now, I'm so tired... Goodnight!
Ja-ne!-------- and Oyasumi Nasai!