-Chapter 2:-

"Kagome's Proposal"

-Me Against the World-

During dinner Kagome told them about her friends and how she times travels. The others found some of her stories unbelievable, especially where they concerned Miroku. Genkai and Yusuke also told Kagome about the rest of the guys and everything but the Makai tournament to her.

After the small group ate the delicious dinner Yukina made, Kagome introduced everyone formally to Shikuro. Surprisingly, Genkai and Shikuro got along just fine, and Shikuro enjoyed Yukina's company and gentle nature. Yusuke and Shikuro on the other hand… well, lets just say they get along about as well as Inuyasha and Kouga get along.

Yusuke came out worse than Shikuro, as he received several bite and fire wounds on his arms from fighting with the small dragon. Shikuro got two bumps on his head; one from Yusuke's fist and the other from the wall.

"You know," Kagome says, tying the bandage on Yusuke's arm. "I would think someone would know better than to mess with a dragon. Not even a small blind one is completely helpless."

Yusuke just glares at dragon, who glares back and sends a puff of smoke in Yusuke's direction.

"All done." Kagome announces, closing the first aid kit. She looks over at Shikuro. "Hey Shiku, how about you go see what Yukina's doing. She should be in the kitchen cleaning up, so maybe she'll give you a snack."

Shikuro lets out a heavy sigh before stretching his wings and flying off into the kitchen. Kagome waits until he's in there for sure before turning to Yusuke. "I have something I want to ask you."

"Yeah?" Yusuke raises an eyebrow. "What is it?"

"I remember grandma telling me some things about you… she said that you remind her of me just a little, with what we do and everything…" Kagome says, looking down at the ground. "It got me thinking."

Neither of them notice Genkai leaning just outside the living room entrance, listening to the two of them.

"What if we were to team up?" Kagome says. "That was my first thought because it seems that no one thinks we can make it sometimes."

"How's that?" Yusuke asks.

Kagome continues gazing at the ground. "Well… My friend Inuyasha tells me all the time that I can't do anything right. I know he thinks I can't make it. It's true though… I can't fight very well and always wind up getting rescued." She sighs. "My friends did train me, so I'm a lot better than I was before, but it's not enough. It's only just a little better." She looks up at Yusuke. "Ever wonder why you're the only Spirit Detective with a team? It's most likely because Koenma thinks you can't do it on your own. Unlike me, however, you are fully capable of making it on your own."

"Kagome, what are you getting at?"

"I was wondering if we could team up. Show the world that we can actually make it. Sure, we'd be helping each other out, but it'd be so we could get strong enough to show that we can make it." She back down and smiles lightly. "Kind of like one of my brother's favorite songs by Simple Plan called 'Me Against the World'. It's actually a nice song."

"I don't think so."

"Huh?" Kagome changes her gaze again and looks up at the raven haired boy across from her.

"I choose to fight with the guys. It's not like Koenma makes me fight along with them." Yusuke says. "Guess you'll be on your own."

Kagome looks sadly down at the ground. "Of course… as always." She looks up at him and gives a fake smile. "Thanks for listening to my rambling anyway. Talk to you later, Yusuke. Maybe…" She stands up quickly and leaves the room, heading down the hall to her own room.

"You should listen to her, you know." Genkai says, walking into the room. "You could actually learn something from her. She is right about Koenma though. Sure, he doesn't make you fight with the others, but he makes them fight with you. Why do you think that is exactly? Think about what Kagome said, Yusuke. It does make sense." She smirks.

"And if you don't train with her, you'll be training extra hard with me."

"That's not fair!" Yusuke yells.

"Life isn't fair, dimwit. Think about what Kagome said."

Kagome's Room

Kagome's room has a light blue colored ceiling with white coloring made to resemble the sky. Barely visible are small clear dots all over the ceiling, so when the lights are out at night it looks light a starry sky. On the top part of her walls the 'sky' extends down a little bit, more so in some areas. The rest is made to resemble a small forestry area with a few trees. The carpet is a grassy green color as well. There's a small futon in the corner with light blue covers and white pillows. Any dressers and desks in the room are wooden and the stereo sitting on the main dresser is green.

Sitting in the middle of the room, with a silver-blue staff similar to Miroku's laying across her lap, is Kagome who is meditating like Miroku told her to.

FLASHBACK

Miroku sighs. "Kagome, I don't think I can help you train your powers. Your powers are more wild than mine, which makes it extremely difficult to control." He explains.

"But what am I going to do, Miroku?" Kagome asks. "It could be really bad if I don't get my powers trained."

"I think that if you meditate at least three times every day that you can develop enough control over your powers that I'll be able to train you." Miroku says. "And also, I have something for you that may help." He walks over to a tree and picks up a silver-blue staff from behind it. Then he walks back over to Kagome. "This is for you. You can channel your energy into it, which will take some stress off your body. Make sure you always have this with you when you meditate. Well," He says, a sudden thought coming to him. "it may be better if you have it with you at all times. I don't know how you can pull that off in your time, but I'm sure you'll think of something."

END FLASHBACK

And so she did. Kaede had given her several scrolls to look over, most of which were about different types of herbs and plants and what you can use them for. A few of them were spells. There was also some old scrolls of her grandpa's that she looked over. Strangely enough, they were real and did help her. One of the scrolls was on making objects small enough to carry around without anyone else being able to see it and another was on cloaking. But with the cloaking spell, anyone with spirit energy or demon energy would be able to either sense or see the staff, so she went with the "shrinking" spell.
A knock on her door, sends Kagome out of her meditative state. She sighs heavily and opens her chocolate brown eyes. "Come in."

-Okay so I didn't edit this one much…well none at all :D-