KuramasNumberOneGirl: Hello, my loyal readers. I would like to thank Kemiko3955, ficfan3484, emma (), JoannaKuwabara, Easy-Company-506101 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?

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 Yaoi , 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. That excludes the strange relationship between Genkai and Kagome's grandpa.)

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Spacing may be a little off

The Feudal Era Across the Street

Chapter 8: The Barrier

The next morning, Yusuke managed to get Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama out of their room. They were standing near the court yard, waiting for Yusuke. (They had somehow managed to get Hiei to sleep inside so they wouldn't seem rude.)

"Yusuke, you better be getting ready," Kurama said behind the door.

"Don't worry, I am," Yusuke grinned devilishly. After fifteen more minutes, everyone else had come out, except Yusuke.

"Where's Yusuke?" Shippo asked while rubbing his eyes.

"The idiot is refusing to come out," Hiei said.

"Yusuke, don't make me wake you up again," Kurama warned while knocking on the door. There was no answer. Kuwabara put his ear to the door and heard snoring.

"He's asleep," Kuwabara said, "Urameshi, open up!" He began pounding on the door. There was still no answer.

"He sure is a deep sleeper," Kagome said.

"Deep? He once slept through a crowd of screaming, blood thirsty demons," Kuwabara said.

"I can smoke him out," Hiei suggested.

"Then everything will burn," Kurama said.

"And your point is?"

"No!" Kurama and Kuwabara shouted.

"Hn."

"I'll just wake him up then," Kurama sighed.

"How? You can't even get in without destroying the door," Inuyasha said.

"You'll see," Kurama said and took a seed from his hair. He put it on the floor and the vines began growing, but the vines couldn't go underneath the door or the sides. The vines climbed to the top of the door and entered.

Yusuke's P.O.V.

I had woken up from all the noise. Huh? The noise stopped. Wait that means... No! I blocked the door. Kurama's plants can't get in this time. I fell back on the makeshift bed and my eyes widened. "AHHHHH!" The vines grabbed me and pulled me up to the ceiling. They carried me away from the bed and dropped me on the hard floor.

End P.O.V.

A loud thump was heard. "What happened to him?" Sango asked.

"Simple, he's awake," Hiei said. The door slid open. The vines crawled back inside the seed. Yusuke was standing in the doorway. His hair needed combing and he looked like he was out for revenge.

"Kurama, that's twice now. It's time for some payback," Yusuke said and cracked his knuckles.

"You should save your energy," Kurama said.

"Not gonna happen," Yusuke said. He tried to hit Kurama, but he moved to the side and Hiei put his foot out. Yusuke fell flat on his face.

"I hate you," Yusuke said, but he was muffled by the floor.

"Yes, I know that already," Kurama replied. The girls had sweat drops and the guys were laughing. Yusuke got up. Kurama was about to say something when Yusuke interrupted.

"Yeah, I know, get ready. Geez, you're like my mom," he said. Yusuke went back into the room.

"Well, that was interesting," Miroku commented.

"I'm suprised Genkai hasn't killed him," Kuwabara said.

"Who's Genkai?" Shippo said.

"Yusuke's teacher, well, sort of," Kurama said.
"Do you mean the same Genkai that you guys live with?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah," Kuwabara replied.

Genkai. She sounds like an old woman with a nasty attitude," Miroku saod.

"That's her. That old hag doesn't give me any peace," Yusuke said as he got out of the room.

"How did you know? We never told you about Genkai," Kuwabara said.
"And I didn't say anything about Genkai either," Kagome said.

"When it comes to women, I know everything," Miroku bragged. His hand trailed down to where it always goes, Sango's behind.

"Not everything," Sango said while slapping him.

"I thought monks avoided stuff like that," Kuwabara whispered to Yusuke.

"That's what I thought, too," Yusuke whispered back.

"You are such a lecher," Inuyasha said.
"I couldn't help myself," Miroku said.

After Yusuke and Kuwabara had eaten everything offered at breakfast, they began their journey towards the sacred mountain.

"Hey, did the headman tell any of you where the sacred mountain is?" Yusuke asked.

"No," they said in unison, except Kurama and Hiei.

"Should we ask?" Kuwabara asked.

"That's the mountain over there," Hiei said and pointed to the largest mountain visible past the fields.

"How do you know?" Inuyasha asked.

"There's an odd wind coming from the mountain every so often. It goes in the opposite direction of the regular wind," Hiei explained.

"Right, the last time it happened was during the commotion of waking Yusuke up," Kurama said. Suddenly, a strange wind blew in the direction away from the mountain and another towards the mountain.

"If it is Kagura, she would never slip up like that," Miroku said after the wind died down.

"Unless it's a trap," Kagome said.

"So what? We're ready for anything! I say we go and finish this mission so I can see my precious Yukina," Kuwabara announced. He began walking in the direction Hiei pointed out.

"Kuwabara," Kurama said.

"What?" He shouted back while still walking.

"There's a..." Kurama started, but Yusuke stopped him. Yusuke pushed Kuwabara on the sloping ground into a a huge puddle of mud. He got up slowly and walked back to the rest. He spit out the mud like a fountain and wiped part of the mud from his face. "I'm gonna get cleaned up and I'm gonna get you, Urameshi when I come back!" Kuwabara said and began walking back to the headman's place, "And thanks for not laughing." Everyone immediately broke out into a roar of laughter. And Hiei, he laughed too, but not as loud.

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And so began their wait for Kuwabara, except Miroku. His excuse was he wanted to listen to the village gossip about the demon. Miroku walked to the village square. The strange wind blew again. Suddenly, a group of women emerged from the shadows and walked up to him.The group consisted of four young women. Miroku noticed them coming from the corner of his eye.

"To what do I owe this great honor, ladies?" Miroku asked as he turned towards them.

"We heard you are going to defeat the wind demon," one of them replied.

"That's true, I will be going shortly, but first, who wants their plams read?' Miroku asked happily

"We do!"

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Kuwabara walked back to the group. He borrowed clothes from the headman. On the way back, he kept telling himself that he should have brought spare clothes, but no, he thought it would be one of those missions where it wouldn't take very long.

"You look so stupid!" Yusuke exclaimed, breaking into fits of laughter. That was enough to get Kuwabara out of his train of thought. "Ha, ha, ha!" It was Yusuke laughing once again.

"Shut up!" Kuwabara shouted. He was wearing a pair of blue, old-fashioned pants and a white shirt with overgrown sleeves. On top of that was a a dark blue vest with golden swirls. He had also tied a white bandana around his head, like the one he wore when was saving Yukina.

"Why are you wearing that on your head?" Shippo asked.

"Because it reminds me of the time I saved Yukina," Kuwabara answered.

"Yukina? Who is that?" Sango asked.

"My girlfriend," Kuwabara replied.

"Hmph, a girl likes you?" Inuyasha questioned.

"I ask that same question to myself everyday," Yusuke said.

"You guys are just jealous," Kuwabara said.

Yusuke rolled his eyes and said, "You wish." Miroku came back at that second.

"Well, shall we go now?" Miroku asked.

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As they began their journey to the sacred mountain, the people in the fields and village cheered and applaused for them. People stopped what they were doing to just see them.

"News travels quickly here," Sango said.
"Yeah, but they sure are happy," Shippo said.

They walked through a small forest, but Yusuke complained that it was murder on his feet. At the end of the forest, there was a barrier.

"Great a barrier," Inuyasha complained.

"This barrier is made of a dark force. If any humans even think of entering it, they will be killed instantly, and some demons may suffer the same fate as well if they're not careful," Kurama said.

"How do you know?" Inuyasha asked.

"You learn a thing or two as a thief," Kurama said, "Well, whoever made this barrier might have the power over darkness and it takes a very complicated spell to do this correctly."

"I'll just break it down then," Inuyasha said as he began to unseathe his Tetsuiga.

"Don't even think about, if you try to destroy the barrier with your sword, it could cause a chain reaction that will destroy everything within a hundred miles," Hiei said.

"You're kidding, right?" Kagome asked.

"If you don't believe me, then why don't we try it and find out," Hiei said.

"No, that's okay," Kagome said.

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In the darkness, mysterious figures were discussing something, something bad.

"Why didn't you get rid of him?" a female voice asked.

"Because he was useless. He wasn't even fit to eat," a male voice replied.

"You never know, he could have been hiding his true power. We can't afford mistakes," another female voice said.

"He had a very disturbing face. He would probably taste awful anyway," said another female voice.

"There will be no mistakes. They are heading towards the mountain as we speak. Nothing will stop us," another woman said.

"Let's hope that our trap works," the male voiced replied.

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Yusuke tried to go near the barrier, but the dark force of the barrier pushed him away. He was thrown onto the ground.

"Ha, I'm not dead," Yusuke said as he pointed to the sky. He was still on the ground. Everyone had a sweat drop. Kurama examined the spot of the barrier where Yusuke was.

"I think Yusuke may have found a weak point of the barrier," Kurama said.

"Weak point?" Miroku asked.

"Yes, even at Yusuke's strength, he would most likely be dead or unconscious due to the power of this barrier, but he was just forced away because he accidently stumbled upon a weak point," Kurama explained.

"So, what are we gonna do now?" Kuwabara asked.

"I say we fight darkness with darkness," Hiei said.

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KuramasNumberOneGirl: Wow, I got this chapter out sooner than expected. I still have writer's block, but I found this notebook where I had written this chapter in when I had computer problems. So, I just typed what I wrote with some adjustments. I can't believe I forgot all about it! Boy, am I absentminded. I also have the next chapter in the notebook, too, so that will also be coming soon if I feel like typing. .

I wonder if anyone can figure out who the voices were and who had the disturbing face? Even, if you can't, they will be revealed soon. Please review and suggestions are welcome, but flames aren't. And, I might change my pen name in the near future. (Just a little heads up.)