"I've found it hurts in here
I've found space to feel"
Clue (Gungrave)

No Fun in Funeral

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Stressed
It was always saddening when a child had to attend a funereal, it was even worse when the child didn't know it. They would sit there and gaze at the corpse with question. Yukimura Keiko stared at the closed coffins wondering why she was here. She wondered why people came to her and offered her condolences and other acts of pity. Keiko let her brown eyes travel across the coffins and to the woman Kagome. Keiko had turned eighteen and didn't need to live with a relative, but she was going to live with this woman. Her sad blue-gray eyes met with Keiko's and she looked away. Keiko coughed and hunched over to stop the attack on her lungs. A warm hand rubbed her back.

Her coughing attack stopped and she turned to look at the young man she had met. His brown eyes were filled with regret, anger, and mostly sorrow. Yusuke, which is what he, told her to call him. His slicked back hair held a green tint from the hair gel and he wore a black suit. Keiko softly blushed and locked away with a soft cough. She couldn't understand what was happening to her. Keiko's eyes glazed over in thought as the caskets lowered into the ground. She had awoken to a strange place and found that she couldn't leave Makai or Reikai for long. Her body had somehow become dependent on the realms.

Keiko scoffed at this and wondered if she could just run from them all. These people around her were watching her; she knew that she needed to be watched over. She could remember everything but herself, her life, and the people around her. It felt as if everything had been ripped out of her mind. A soft tap to her shoulder made her blink quickly and realize that the funeral were over. Yusuke walked away and Keiko found herself with Kagome and her boyfriend again.

"Why did we have to come to this funeral?" Keiko questioned.

"They were your parents," Kagome softly said.

"Okay," Keiko whispered. She wondered if she should feel hurt or sorrow, but she couldn't. How could she miss people she didn't remember?

"Do I have to go back to Reikai now?" Keiko questioned.

"Ya, you'll have to visit until your body becomes used to Ningen-kai again," Kagome whispered so the others couldn't hear.

"Why is my body like this?" Keiko questioned.

"It's because you were trapped in a barrier, the large amounts of energy left you dependent on the energy," Kagome explained.

"Like smoking," Keiko assumed as Kagome nodded.

"Later on we can get you new clothes," Kagome stated in an attempt to get her to smile. A ghost of smile appeared on her face before it vanished.

Keiko looked ahead and found Yusuke sulking with his hands in his pockets. Her heart didn't beat any faster. Confusion stirred within her and she wondered if she had known him. She caught the looks of longing he gave her, it had only been two days, but she had noticed. It was hard not to notice the badly hidden looks. Keiko stopped walking as a man approached her. He placed a file in her hand and walked away without a word. She frowned but opened it.

"It's a deed to a ramen house," Keiko spoke as Kagome read the file.

"It was your parents," Kagome declared as she read the titles.

"I don't want it," Keiko stated in a confused manner.

"Keiko," Yusuke whispered as he pulled the file from her hands.

He sighed but gazed down at her. She froze and quickly noticed the helpless look in his eyes. Yusuke closed the file and handed it back to her. She took it back and pressed it to her body. He smirked and shook his head.

"Take over the business once you get back on your feet," Yusuke advised.

"What if I don't want it?" Keiko questioned. His eyes hardened and then instantly softened.

"Do what you want, but it is the last link to your past," Yusuke simply said with a shrug as he walked off.

Keiko's eyes were wide and beginning to water as she watched him walk away. She took a step toward him and instantly stopped. Kagome watched the scene with sad eyes before Kuronue hugged her. She sighed into his chest and he remained calm.

"Who are you really?" Keiko questioned as she watched him walk off.

"Keiko, I'll take you back to Reikai," Kurama offered with a simple smile.

Keiko nodded and sadly sighed. Kagome and them waited until the small party vanished. A portal appeared and Keiko and Kurama were gone. Kagome sighed and ran a hand through her hair. She sighed and blew her bangs from her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Kuronue questioned.

"Everything and nothing," Kagome assured.

Kuronue nodded knowing that if she didn't want to talk, she wouldn't. He didn't want to push her into lying to him. The bat stretched before they began their trek back to the shrine. He softly chuckled, a bat youkai living at a shrine. Kagome raised an eyebrow and wondered what he was thinking about.

Keiko sat within Koenma's office and sighed. She wondered if anything good was on TV. Koenma finally growled and tore apart a paper before he began to sob. Keiko raised an eyebrow at this; the teen was strange in her opinion. He talked to himself and argued with his paperwork. A few minutes before he had been stamping at a single paper until he ran out of ink.

'Maybe he's having a nervous breakdown,' Keiko reasoned.

The twin doors to his office suddenly slammed opened, and paperwork went flying. Koenma began to sob at this while he banged his head against the desk. Keiko sat up from her laying position and watched as another girl gazed at her. The older woman squealed and dove for Keiko.

"You look just like my little girl!" Sango squealed. Keiko gasped for air before she pushed her hand against Sango's face and pushed.

"Who are you?" Keiko snapped as she struggled to escape the death hold.

"I'm a distant grandma," Sango answered.

Keiko finally escaped the hug and inhaled air. Sango sheepishly smiled and chuckled.

"Sango, behave," Koenma sighed knowing it was useless to try and order her around.

"You resemble my daughter," Sango sighed as she smiled at Keiko.

"Are you stuck here too?" Keiko questioned as they both sat down.

"No, I'm a spirit and a soon to be Goddess," Sango answered with a smile.

"You're a spirit?" Keiko whispered.

"My Deathday is in two days," Sango happily said.

"Deathday?" Keiko whispered with a look of disbelief.

"Similar to a birthday, but it's the day of death," Koenma answered as he began sorting his papers.

"Creepy," Keiko mumbled.

"Why are you here?" Sango questioned as she sent an accusing glare to Koenma.

"I was trapped in a barrier and now my body is dependent of Reikai and Makai energy…plus I have no memories," Keiko quickly said.

"What did you do to my descendent!" Sango shouted as she ran over to Koenma's desk.

"Sango…it's not what you think!" Koenma pleaded as he jumped out of his chair and dodge the mad woman.

"Not what I think?" Sango growled.

"I didn't do anything!" Koenma pleaded as he ran from her.

"Ha! How am I to believe that when you are the spawn of Enma!"? Sango growled as she made a grab for him.

"Lady Sango," Miroku sang as he grabbed her from behind and pulled her away from the spirit prince.

"Damn it Miroku! Let me go so I can beat him up!" Sango warned.

"You wouldn't want to do that," Miroku said in a knowing voice. Sango glared at the prince before she elbowed Miroku in the gut and flipped him over her shoulder.

"You better spill," Sango warned with a glare.

"Sango, how my body aches for you…literally," Miroku mumbled the last part as he smiled at her.

"You better explain," Sango sighed.

"All in due time." Miroku assured as he stood up.

He calmly hugged Sango and then walked over to Keiko. He lifted her head up by the chin and grinned. Keiko raised an eyebrow and he chuckled.

"She does look like our daughter," Miroku sighed with a soft smile.

"Come on Houshi," Sango sarcastically drawled as she pulled him out of the room.

"Bye Keiko," they both chorused before the doors shut.

"I didn't tell them my name," Keiko mumbled with a sigh.

"They know you, they watch over all their descendents," Koenma assured.

"A new memory," Keiko mused with a smile.

Kagome sighed as she softly swept the shrine grounds. The sun was beginning to set and she wondered when her house had become so quiet. Kurama and Hiei were sent on a small mission to check out a barrier disturbance, Yusuke was wandering, and Kuronue was watching her from the Goshinboku. Kagome winked at him and went back to sweeping. She put a bit of sway into her hips and began to dance with the broom.

"You seem happy," Kuronue spoke as he smiled at her.

"Tomorrow night," Kagome sighed as she smirked. He slightly blushed and looked away from her.

"You already made a decision?" Kuronue questioned.

"Yes," Kagome said as she watched him drop to the ground. He didn't even stir the leaves. Kuronue sat on the bench and she walked over to him. She sat beside him and smiled.

"Is it a good choice?" Kuronue pried.

"Maybe," Kagome sighed as he partly glared at her.

Kuronue's right eye twitched as he glared at her. She really seemed to get a kick out of torturing him. He sighed and pulled her to his side where he wrapped a wing around her. Kagome softly laughed and happily snuggled into him.

"I've come to a decision," Kagome seriously said.

"Really?" Kuronue questioned, he was finally going to get a serious answer.

"I've known you for a while…and I can't help it," Kagome whispered.

"What can't you help?" Kuronue whispered as he leaned his head on hers.

"I know that once the Tama is destroyed…there's a chance that I'll die," Kagome began as her eyebrows furrowed in thought.

"If you want me to leave…then I'll leave," Kuronue seriously said.

"Would it be that easy for you?" Kagome questioned. Kuronue chuckled and kissed the side of her head.

"No, I would stalk you ever chance I got," Kuronue admitted as she sighed and giggled.

"I know that it would hurt you if I said 'no', but it would also hurt you if I said 'yes' and then die," Kagome mused.

"I would rather be with you now and be miserable later then to be miserable knowing that I could have had those moments before," Kuronue admitted. Kagome looked up at him and noticed that he was staring into the sky.

"You're amazing," Kagome whispered.

"I know," Kuronue sighed. Kagome softly hit him on the arm and scowled.

"Then I will become your mate," Kagome agreed as he looked at her and raised an eyebrow.

She gazed up at him and he stared down at her. Kagome's face turned red as she waited for something to happen. A breeze blew by and he was still staring down at her. Kagome finally began to growl. Kuronue smirked at this. Kagome glared at him and tackled him to the ground.

"My wing," Kuronue groaned as it got crushed.

"No kiss?" Kagome questioned with a pout. He grinned up at her knowing that she would kill him.

"There's a kiss…but I wanted to see you squirm," Kuronue admitted as she bit her lip in anger.

"You better make this up to me else we won't have a happy marriage," Kagome sang.

"Let's get inside," Kuronue said as he went to set up.

Kagome pushed him back down again and grinned.

"Naughty Miko," Kuronue chuckled.

Kagome quickly leaned down and captured his lips. Kuronue went to deepen the kiss only to have her pull away. She grabbed his hand and chuckled at his expression.

"Let's go to my room," Kagome encouraged.

"You know this means forever?" Kuronue questioned as he followed her inside.

"I know," Kagome assured with a smile.

"You won't smack me for any fang action?" Kuronue questioned.

"Not this time," Kagome sighed.

"Okay…what do mean not this time?" Kuronue questioned as she pulled him into her room.

"Forever seems long…but I think we can last," Kagome whispered as she ran her hands along his arms.

"You think you can stand me that long?" Kuronue teased as he unbuttoned her shirt.

"I think so," Kagome whispered as she pushed apart his vest. He shrugged it off not caring to complain about the broken buttons.

"You know I do love you," Kuronue whispered as her shirt fell.

He reached up and cupped her face. She stared up at him and her eyes began to water. He began to panic and she closed her eyes letting the tears run down her face.

"I love you too…and I never want to lose you," Kagome whispered. He smiled and held her face between his hands. He leaned toward her face and licked a tear away.

"You won't lose me, I guess you're stuck with me," Kuronue joked as she sobbed.

"Everything I love dies," Kagome whispered as his features saddened.

"I'm alive…let's live now instead of wondering about what could or couldn't happen," Kuronue suggested as he leaned down and kissed her.

'I mean it…I love you,' Kagome thought as she felt him kiss her neck.

The fangs scrapped against her neck and she shivered. Kagome relaxed against him knowing that he wouldn't purposely harm her. She hissed the fangs bit into the previous mark. He quickly released her neck and licked the wound. Kuronue let his tongue trail against her skin before he pulled away and kissed her on lips. Kagome sighed and they both fell onto her bed.

Author's Note:

This story has offically broken the review count for A Thief's Goal, I'm still shocked but happy
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