KuramasNumberOneGirl: Alright! I made it to chapter 4! Summer vacation is almost here! I would like to thank ficfan3484, Dreaming of Everything, Jewel of Souls, shadowyoukokitsune, and CatQueen for reviewing.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha, but sadly, I don't. I wonder how much I have to pay to own at least one. That's food for thought.

Note: For the yyh gang, this takes place after the Dark Tournament. In the anime, Kuwabara lost his spirit powers at this point, but in my story he still has it. For the Inuyasha gang, this takes place after Naraku disappeared without a trace after his failure attempt of kidnapping Rin. NO Yayoi , however you spell it, and pairings are undecided. I am thinking of having no crossover pairings because I want to keep the couples exactly how they are in the anime, but I'm still not sure.

/thinking/- telepathy

italics- thoughts

Spacing may be a little off.

The Feudal Era Across the Street

Chapter 4: Unusual Meetings

Both the Inuyasha and the Spirit Detectives were ready to fight. Kagome, Shippo, Kirara, and Kaede stayed inside the hut.

"I'm going to see what is going on," Kagome said.

"But Kagome, Inuyasha said that they're powerful. It could be dangerous," Shippo said.

"Shippo, I know, but somehow I can feel that I know them." Kagome exited and saw their facedown. They didn't begin the fight. Kagome saw the so-called 'enemies'. It was her new neighbors.

"I'm gonna take you down!" Inuyasha shouted and charged at them. "Sit!" He slammed down into the ground, eating dirt. Yusuke and Kuwabara started lauhging. "Did you see that? Dog-boy knows tricks!" Yusuke shouted.

"And I thought Kuwabara was stupid," Hiei said. Kurama chuckled. Miroku and Sango had a sweat drop.

"Kagome! What the hell was that for!" Inuyasha shouted.

"You were going to hurt my friends!"

"Friends! Why I outta..."

"SIT!" Yusuke and Kuwabara laughed even harder. In fact, they were rolling around on the floor. Inuyasha stood up again. He had revenge in his eyes. "I'm not gonna babysit more people!" Inuyasha shouted.

"Babysit?" Sango asked angrily, pointing her boomerang at Inuyasha.

"No one asked you to 'babysit' us," Miroku said, threatening him with his Wind Tunnel.

"This is getting better by the minute," Kurama said. Hiei agreed. The other two weren't paying any attention. They were waiting for the 'sit' command. Kagome, Miroku, and Sango were very mad now.

Now, imagine Inuyasha in chibi form for the following:

"WHY, I HAVE NEVER MET ANOTHER HUMAN OR DEMON AS STUBBORN OR ARROGANT AS YOU!" Sango shouted. "SIT!" Kagome shouted. "YOU HAVE NO MANNERS WHATSOEVER!" Miroku shouted. "SIT! AND YOU ARE PUSHY AND IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK TO!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha tried to climb out of the hole, until there was another "SIT!" "But," Inuyasha tried saying. "SIT!"

Kurama was a bit frightened from the yelling. Hiei's eye was twitching and Kuwabara and Yusuke didn't know if it was okay to laugh or cower in fear. "I never thought I'd meet anyone as scary as Keiko," Yusuke said in fear. Kuwabara gulped. The villagers had gone inside their homes to try to escape the yelling. Kagome turned to them and she smiled. "Why is she smiling?" Kuwabara asked. They didn't answer.

"Why and how did you come here?" Kagome asked. Kuwabara and Yusuke pushed Kurama to the front to answer. They were still afraid.

"Well, we were sent here to help with the jewel," Kurama said, trying to sound unafraid.

"We don't need no stinkin' help!" Inuyasha shouted. "Sit."

"You know about the Shikon Jewel?" Miroku asked.

"Yes," Kurama replied.

"Come inside with us," Miroku said, motioning for them to go inside Kaede's hut. They were still a bit frightened. (Who wouldn't be after that?)

"Don't worry, we only do that to Inuyasha," Sango reassured them. They walked inside and saw a little fox demon hiding under a blanket with a demon cat and a shocked elderly woman. The yelling scared them. Kuwabara took the cat out and began his baby talk. Hiei used the hilt of his sword and hit him on his head.

"What was that for?"

"We didn't come here so you could play with a cat," Hiei said. The cat jumped out of Kuwabara's hands and jumped onto Sango's shoulder. Kuwabara rubbed the spot he was hit. They sat down.

Kagome began introducing everyone, "This is Miroku." She pointed to the monk. "This is Sango." She pointed to the demonslayer. "This is Shippo." She pointed to the little fox. "This is Kirara and Kaede." She pointed to the demon cat and the elderly woman. "And, that is Inuyasha," Kagome said angrily, pointing to the dog demon.

"The name's Yusuke and the tall, ugly one is Kuwabara. The one in black is Hiei and last, but not least, Kurama," Yusuke said.

"Kurama? But I thought your name was Suuichi?" Kagome asked Kurama.

"Well, Suuichi is my human name. My real name is Kurama." Kagome still looked a bit confused, so Kurama added, "I'm really a fox demon. I was forced to take human form."

"Wow, you're a fox demon! I never met another fox demon other than my dad," Shippo said happily. (I believe that's right, then again, I never saw the episode when they met Shippo.)

"Let's just get the jewel and get of here. I have better things to do," Hiei said.

"I knew it! You're after the jewel for your own evil purposes," Inuyasha said triumphantly. "Sit." He slammed into the ground again. "He'll never learn," Sango said.

"We are not going to use the jewel for evil. We were sent here to retrieve the jewel and take it back so no one else can use it," Kurama explained.

"Yeah, and we were told that some demon has most of it, so I gotta take him down, too," Yusuke said proudly.

"You? It was hard enough for you to defeat Toguro let alone, a demon that has more than half of the jewel, and each shard can multiply its power by ten folds," Hiei said which made Yusuke a bit depressed.

"You missed out one thing. The whole jewel can grant any wish you want, good or evil," Kagome said.

"That just means we gotta get the jewel back even faster," Kuwabara said.

"Do you know the demon that has most of the jewel?" Kurama asked.

"Yes, we do. His name is Naraku and he's a half demon. He enjoys playing with people's emotions," Miroku explained.

"Basically, he's a psycho," Shippo said. Kagome didn't bother scolding him because that is true.

"Aye, but his history goes even further back," Kaede said, finally speaking out for the first time since they came.

"Really?" Kurama said.

"It happened 50 years ago, when my sister Kikyo, was guarding the Shikon Jewel. A bandit named Onigumo appeared. He was burned badly. Kikyo took care of him in a cave outside of the village. Onigumo began to fall in love with Kikyo, but he realized with all his burns, no one could love him. So, one day, he summoned many demons to his side and, I believe, he absorbed them. That was when Naraku was born," Kaede said.

"Then," Kagome continued, "Naraku took the form of Inuyasha and attacked Kikyo. Kikyo thought Inuyasha betrayed her and she sealed him to the large tree you saw at the shrine. Inuyasha stayed sealed there, until a centipede demon pulled me down the well and I unsealed him. Inuyasha thought I was Kikyo because I am her reincarnation. I also had the jewel in my body and it came out. Then it was stolen and I shot an arrow to stop the demon, but I hit the jewel and it shattered. But it was by accident!"

"Psycho," was all Yusuke and Kuwabara could say.

"There's more," Sango said.

"Are you sure you want to?" Kagome asked. Sango nodded.

"Naraku tricked my village into sending the best demonslayers to defeat a demon at his castle. My father, my brother, some others, and myself, went. Naraku took control of my brother, Kohaku, and used him to kill the others. Then Naraku ordered my village to be destroyed. I was the only survivor. He tricked me into thinking that it was Inuyasha's fault and that's how we met. I found out later that Naraku used a shard to bring Kohaku back to life and he's still under his control," Sango said sadly. Yusuke and Kuwabara's mouths were wide open. Hiei seemed like he didn't care and Kurama was shocked at how evil Naraku is.

"Naraku has also put a curse on my family. Everyone in my family is born with a curse called a Wind Tunnel. It's a kind of black hole that sucks everything in its path. One day, it will swallow me up, unless Naraku is killed," Miroku said.

Kuwabara looked like he was about to cry. "Are you crying?" Yusuke asked.

"No, I just got something in my contacts," Kuwabara lied.

"You don't wear contacts, idiot," Hiei said.

"How'd you know?" Kuwabara asked.

"I read your mind."

"Who said you could read my mind?"

"Ugh, shut up both of you," Yusuke said.

"Where is Naraku?" Kurama asked.

"He disappeared awhile ago, good luck finding him. And besides, I'm the one that's gonna kill Naraku," Inuyasha said. Kagome was about to scold him, but there was a commotion outside.

They went outside and saw many villagers gathered around in a circle, trying to see something. Kagome pushed her way to the center and saw a man badly injured. "Move people, he needs air!" Kagome shouted. They back away. "Inuyasha, Miroku, bring the man inside," Kaede ordered. They grabbed him and carried him back. They laid him on a makeshift bed. Kaede wrote on a piece of paper what herbs she needed.

"Inuyasha, get me these herbs," Kaede said. Inuyasha mumbled something and Kurama heard.

"I'll get them," Kurama volunteered. He left.

"But he doesn't know what kind to get," Sango said.

"Don't worry, he knows what he's doing. He is a plant master after all," Yusuke said. After a couple minutes, Kurama came back with the herbs. He handed them to Kaede. She began grinding it for medicine. The man awoke and managed to stand up.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"You're safe now, but what happed to you?" Miroku asked.

"My village was destroyed by a wind demon. This was the nearest village I could find in one piece," he said.

"Wind demon?" Yusuke asked.

"Was its name Kagura?" Inuyasha asked.

"Its name was..." the man fainted.

"He needs to rest," Kaede said.

"Who is Kagura?" Kurama asked.

"She's Naraku's female incarnation," Sango said.

"Incarnation?" Kuwabara asked.

"He has two incarnations," Shippo said.

"This just gets worse and worse by minute," Kuwabara complained. The man awoke after an hour.

"Now, that your awake, please tell us the name of the wind demon," Miroku said.

"Its name was, it was, was... I don't remember. Wait! I don't remember," the man said. They all had an anime style fall.

"How can you forget?" Inuyasha shouted angrily.

"Sit. Inuyasha that man is badly hurt. Do you at least remember where your village is?" Kagome asked.

"Yes, it's to the west. It's called Tsuzumi Village," the man replied.

"Then let's go there. When we get there, we'll know if it's that Kagura lady," Yusuke said.

"You four will stay here," Inuyasha told the Spirit Detectives..

"I'd like to see you try," Hiei said.

"Fine, I will," Inuyasha said.

"You're just too prideful to accept help," Hiei said. An anime vein popped up on Inuyasha's head.

"Why you little pipsqueak!" Inuyasha shouted.

"Sit. Of course you all can come," Kagome said.

"Tsuzumi Village is about a four days walk from here. You'd best go know," Kaede said.

"Just stay away from the..." the man collapsed again.

"Stay away from what?" Kagome asked.

"Who knows. Besides he'll probably forget all about it when he wakes up. Let's just go," Inuysha said.

"He's right. We need to hurry. And whatever we find, I'm sure we can handle it," Miroku said.

KuramasNumberOneGirl: I know I had Inuyasha slam into the ground a lot, but I couldn't help myself.

Review and no flames please. If I made any mistakes here, I'm sorry. I was typing it at night while watching t.v.