Gothmiko- thank you for another review. nn you were the first one to review that chapter. YAY! And thank you so much for that advice. I'll try to update more often… but yeah… ANYWHO! Thanks for the review, again, and thank you for letting me know about how much sense it makes. (I see it in the chunks that I write so I don't know if it 'flows' or not)
Katreal- ::is eating the chocolate:: yay! Sugar-type-substances!!! ::happyness:: well… if you really wanna hear Kurama's explanation I guess I could give it to you… maybe… who am I kidding? Of course I'm going to give it to you. After all, you gave me chocolate. n.n
Sailor Moon1996- I want to know how my story will end, too. n.n ANYWHO! I know that this must be the slowest update in history… so yeah… ::sigh::
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Ch6
After Kagome had gotten some clothes on, she walked out of the bathroom and into the main room of the apartment. There, everyone else, Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara, were sitting on either the couch or the window sill in Hiei's case.
"So," Kagome said, taking a seat on the chair that sat by the couch, "what's your explanation for being, or not being, Yoko Kurama?"
Shuichi sighed, "It really is a long and complicated story. I suppose that I should start from where you left off in the Feudal Era. After the incident with Naraku, Yoko decided to think about what you had told him. You know, about how he should try stealing from people that aren't human because it would provide a challenge. During this time of contemplation, Earth had split into the three realms. Reikai, or Spirit World, Makai, for the demons, and Ningenkai, where we are now. Not long after he started stealing from other demons, he met up with another demon thief, named Kuronue. The two of them spent years together, and made quite a name for themselves. During a heist, Kuronue died and Youko survived. He kept on stealing things for a long time, becoming more and more famous as the years went by, until the day when he was almost caught. You see, a bounty hunter had injured him greatly and the only way for him to get away was to escape into Ningenkai. He ended up having to go into my mother's womb while she was pregnant with me. His original plan was to hide in a human body for ten years in order to gain his strength back, and then leave without a trace of himself left behind. But, as the ten year mark occurred, he decided not to leave. Partially because of me, and partially because he began to feel as though he owed something to our mother."
"Oh," was Kagome's intelligent remark to this newly acquired information. "Do you know anything about what happened to Shippo, Kirara, Rin, or SesshouMaru?"
Kurama shrugged, "I'm pretty sure that SesshouMaru kept his Western Lands and still rules them. But his lands are in Makai, not Ningenkai. As far as the others… well Youko didn't exactly have time to check up on them, what with the ever present threat of bounty hunters and demons holding a grudge against him for one reason or another."
Kagome nodded, then looked over at Yusuke, "And you. Why do you smell like Inuyasha?"
"Inu-who?" Yusuke asked.
"Inuyasha is the half-demon that traveled with Kagome before Youko showed up, if I'm not mistaken," Kurama answered.
Kagome nodded again, "Yeah. He's the one that started this blood-bound thing, and made me part demon."
"Part demon?" Kuwabara repeated.
"Hai. I'm not even a half-demon. But enough about me," Kagome smiled, waving her hand up and down, "after all, there's more important things to worry about."
"More important?" Shuichi repeated, confused.
Kagome smiled nervously, "Well… you know how I was kinda trapped with Naraku for a while?"
"Yes," Shuichi responded, ignoring Youko's growls at the thought of Kagome and Naraku being together, alone, for so long.
Kagome laughed a bit, "Heh, heh… well we kind of got separated after leaving the Shadow Prison."
Kurama's expression went from confusion to complete seriousness after hearing this, his green eyes taking on a golden tint, "What do you mean 'separated'?"
"Well, we decided to split the Shikon no Tama and when we tried to pull it apart…" Kagome trailed off, looking anywhere in the room to avoid Kurama's gaze.
Kurama growled, "Kagome, what happened?"
"We tried to split it in half but, we ended up with the wrong halves." Kagome took out the blackened chunk of the Shikon no Tama that she had put in her pocket after she first woke up, "You see, the plan was for me to have the pure half of the tama, while Naraku had the evil half, that way we'd be able to cancel each other out… or something like that."
Yusuke cleared his throat, getting the attention of everyone in the room, "And what's so special about this 'Shikon no Tama' thing?"
Hiei rolled his eyes, "It was only one of the most coveted jewels before the realms were divided, detective. It's said that demons from all over Japan fought for it, and it disappeared. At least, most of it disappeared. The only last fragment of it are guarded by the demon wolf tribe, under the leadership of Kouga."
Kagome smiled, "So Kouga's still alive?"
"Don't get off subject, Kagome," Kurama said, "you let Naraku have half of the Shikon no Tama, and you don't even know where he is. He has to be found and killed."
"Killed? Who said anything about killing him?"
Kurama twitched, "You mean after everything that he did, you aren't going to kill him?"
"Well…" Kagome laughed nervously, "me and him sorta became… friends… Besides, we don't really have to worry about him anymore. He's changed, and isn't as evil as you remember."
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Naraku smirked down at the paperwork in front of him, happy with the documents he had written up. When he had absorbed the businessman, Naraku had taken his memories, which included everything he knew about the modern world. Luckily for Naraku, the man was a bachelor, which meant that he had no kind of family that he would leave the company to. In fact, he had never revealed too much about himself to anyone in the company. Naraku had set to work almost immediately, writing up the necessary papers to take the company, along with everything else the man owned. It was easy enough for Naraku to forge the man's signature, and all that was left was for Naraku to make up a false identity for himself. After all, with no kind of birth certificate or anything, it was as though he didn't even exist in this world.
The henyou set out to find a human that the man had heard of. Apparently, they were some kind of computer wizard who specialized in creating new lives for other people, if they had enough money. 'Not like that would really be a problem for me,' Naraku thought to himself as he walked down the streets of Tokyo. 'After all, it's not like I'll be paying the man. I'll just have to add to this Naraku's body.'
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Shippo groaned as he continued to walk around SesshouMaru's Keep, 'Why the Hell can't we just attack Naraku, and be rid of him?! It's not like we haven't been able to get stronger over the years! Besides, we'd be doing the Spirit Detective a favor!' The kit took a deep breath in an attempt to calm down, 'And what about Kagome? I don't think that Koenma would have too much to worry about her, so she shouldn't be any of their concern. So we should be able to see her soon. But… how are we going to tell her about her home? She must've seen it that day five hundred years ago when she ran off in a big hurry, and Youko made everyone wait for her and SesshouMaru to come back, so there shouldn't be too much to worry about. And it'll make her happy to know that Souta's still alive. In fact, Kohaku's been going to visit Souta every chance he gets. I'm pretty sure he's teaching the boy to fight… I wonder if he's going to be of any use in fighting Naraku. It's not like it would be hard to convince him to help, seeing as Naraku murdered his whole family while posing as Kagome. How would he react to seeing Kagome again?' The fox's thoughts began to wonder more and more off the original subject he was thinking about as he walked around aimlessly. He was so lost in whatever random thought had crossed his mind, Shippo failed to notice that SesshouMaru was in front of him, until he ran into the inu youkai.
"What are you doing?" the question sounded more like a statement coming from SesshouMaru, but Shippo supposed that that's just the way the demon was.
Shippo looked at SesshouMaru as though he had appeared out of nowhere, "What?"
"I asked you a question."
"I was just thinking about things."
SesshouMaru rose an eyebrow, "Things?"
"Yeah," Shippo shrugged, "like how Kagome's going to react when we get to go see her again, and stuff like that."
"You're not going to get to see her as soon as you think."
"What?!" Shippo growled, "Why the Hell not?! I've waited a good five hundred years to see her again, and now I have to wait even longer?!"
SesshouMaru nodded, "Koenma has just noticed that he has no file on the girl, and is keeping her under the watch of his fire-demon until they have her properly cataloged. And, knowing Koenma, he'll probably attempt to commandeer the Shikon no Tama thinking that it would be the best course of action. This might not go too well with Kagome. And Naraku will, no doubt, go after the jewel as well. Taking these things into account, it would only be logical to think that Koenma will keep Kagome by one of his Spirit Detectives for a while."
"Well, why can't you just tell Koenma to leave it all up to you?!"
Fighting the urge to roll his eyes, SesshouMaru responded, "Because of the simple fact that he would do everything in his power to keep me from the jewel, under some sick delusion that I would use it to my own ends. The closest thing that I could get him to agree to would be to have someone under my employ join up with his Spirit Detectives."
Shippo smiled widely, "I'm under your employ! You could have me join up with them!"
"I suppose that would work to our advantage. If worst comes to worst, you'll be able to help Kagome get the jewel away from Koenma. And that other fox will, no doubt, help Kagome also."
"Then what are you waiting around here for?! Go Talk To Koenma!"
SesshouMaru growled, "Kit, do not forget that I will not tolerate you yelling at me under any circumstance."
Shippo remained silent, not wanting to know what SesshouMaru would do if he tried to argue with the dog demon. Instead, the kitsune walked off, intent on getting his things ready for when he would go to Ningenkai and meet up with Kagome.
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Loud music, the type of which he'd never before heard, played as Naraku entered the rundown apartment building. At least, it used to be an apartment building. But now it only housed one man. The man that Naraku was looking for. Sparx was the name that the man went by. He was suppose to be one of the best hackers of all time. Apparently, he could do anything from gaining access to some of the most complicated computer systems to creating a new identity for someone. Birth certificate, social security number, a background, and even a death certificate if the situation called for one. And that's exactly why the evil henyou needed him.
After walking down many hallways, and up several flights of stairs, he got to his destination. Naraku silently entered the room where the music was coming from. He noticed that the only light in the entire building was in this room, coming off of Sparx's computer screen. In front of the computer, on a wooden chair, was Sparx. A short, thin, young man with spiky black hair and a pair of green-tinted goggles that protected a pair of gray eyes.
"Hello, Sparx," Naraku smirked at the way the man jumped in surprise at the sudden noise.
Slowly turning around, Sparx looked at Naraku, "Who the Hell are you, and what the fuck do you want?"
Naraku chuckled, "Such a mouth on you. It actually reminds me of a certain dog-eared pest that I knew a long time ago. But that was then, and this is now I suppose."
"That didn't answer my question, dumb-ass," Sparx growled out.
Stepping closer to Sparx, so that they were three feet apart, Naraku said, "I am here to create an identity for myself."
Sparx rolled his eyes, "Oh, I get it now. You're just another prick that's bored with his life, and want a new one, right?" He scoffed, "That's really fucking pathetic, you know that? But that's not exactly my problem. So how much?"
"How much?" Naraku repeated.
"Yeah, how much! I want to know how much you're plan'n on paying me, cock-bite. I don't do charity work."
"None."
Sparx laughed, "Fine. No money, no identity. Now fuck off, I'm busy." The hacker turned around in his chair and began typing away at his computer.
Naraku sighed, "It really will be a shame."
"What the shit are you talk'n about, you fucking nut-case?" Sparx called over his shoulder.
"You see, I'm not exactly looking forward to adding someone as ill-mannered as you into my being."
Sparx turned around again, and laughed, "You really are a fucking nut-case, aren't ya? Listen, I don't really give a rat's ass as to what the crap you're talking about, so shut the fuck up and get your ass out of here. Got it, you crazy basterd."
Naraku smirked, "I've been called many things, but I think this is the first time anyone's called me insane. But that's not the point. The point is that you are going to help me without pay, because you're going to become part of this Naraku's body." Before Sparx could react to what Naraku said, his tentacles reached out and wrapped around the hacker. In a matter of moments, Naraku's tentacles receded back into his body and Sparx was gone. Then, the spider calmly walked over to the computer and began typing away, intent on creating a life for himself.
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Kurama growled, "What could possibly make you think that? A person like Naraku can never change. Don't you remember when he tried to kill us with that infernal offspring of his? Or when he beat you to a bloody pulp, only to attempt to trap you in a prison of darkness?"
"Yeah, but still," Kagome mumbled to herself.
"Fox," Hiei said, getting everyone's attention, "what we need to worry about right now is Koenma getting a file on this girl. After that's taken care of, you can go out and kill this Naraku person."
Yusuke, who had been quite for a while, sighed in frustration, "Naraku. That name really pisses me off. I don't know why, but I think we should listen to Kurama and kill this guy. Especially if he's going after this jewel thing."
"Hold on a second, Urameshi," Kuwabara said, "there's no way you can go out and kill some guy that you don't even know! That's against the code!"
"Hey now, boys, don't go out and kill anyone just yet," everyone in the room turned towards the window where, just outside, Botan was smiling at them on her oar. "Koenma wants to meet with the girl."
"Hn. Finally." Hiei stood up from his perch on the window sill, and looked over at Botan, "Hurry up and open up a portal. I don't want to spend more time here than I need to."
Botan rolled her eyes and opened up a portal, "Ok, then go on through."
Hiei was the first to go through. Then, Kurama took Kagome's hand and lead her through. They were followed by Yusuke, Kuwabara, and then Botan. Once on the other side, Kurama let go of Kagome's hand as she looked around at all the ogres that were running around and yelling at one another about files and papers and things of that nature.
"What's wrong with all those demons?" Kagome asked.
Botan just laughed, "Oh that's how they always are. Now come on." The ferry girl lead everyone through some big double doors, and into Koenma's office.
As they entered the office, they noticed that Koenma, and his ogre Gorge, weren't the only people in the room. A tall demon, with long white hair, stood with it's back to them. Kagome smiled brightly, "SesshouMaru? Is that really you?" The demon turned around, and Yusuke couldn't help but glare at the stoic demon with golden eyes that seem familiar to him in some way.
Ignoring the way that Inuyasha's reincarnation was glaring at him, SesshouMaru regarded Kagome with the same emotionless eyes that she had always seen him with, "Hello, Kagome. Yes, it is really me. I'm not so weak that I cannot survive a mere five hundred years."
The baby that sat behind the big desk, who Kagome just now noticed, stared at her in shock, "You know him?!"
Kagome nodded, "Hai. He's kinda… related to me… sort of. To tell you the truth, it's very complicated."
"Which is the exact thing that I was discussing with you," SesshouMaru stated as he turned back around to talk to Koenma. "Kagome is the current heir to my lands, and I cannot merely let you keep her with your Spirit Detectives. There would be no way to ensure her safety."
Yusuke's eyes narrowed at the demon who turned his back on him, "What? Are you saying that we aren't good enough to keep one girl safe or something?!"
SesshouMaru fought the urge to roll his eyes, 'I should have known that he'd have something to say.'
Kagome frowned as the words, "Sit boy," came out of her lips, out of the habit of having to do that to Inuyasha so many times.
Yusuke's eyes widened slightly as his neck was pulled to the ground, which caused the rest of him to hit the cold floor as well. A muffled, "What the Hell was that?!" could be heard from the Yusuke-shaped crater that was now in the middle of Koenma's office.
"That," SesshouMaru said, monotonously, "is a necklace specifically designed to keep you in line."
Yusuke got up from his hole and glared at SesshouMaru, "How the hell can she have a necklace to keep me in line when I'm not wearing any necklaces! Not only that, but I've never even met her before!"
Kagome smiled, "Actually that's a long story."
Before Yusuke could demand an answer, Koenma cleared his throat, "Well, SesshouMaru, I suppose you could have someone check up on her-"
"Unacceptable."
"I assure you Yusuke will be more then able to protect her."
SesshouMaru's eyes narrowed, "Do you honestly think that I take the life of my only heir so lightly as to let her parade around with your Spirit Detectives, and nothing more to insure her safety?"
Koenma shrank back in his chair, unnerved by the look in the Taiyoukai's eyes, "N-no… I suppose it couldn't hurt for you to have someone assist in watching over her while I get her cataloged and dealt with, as long as they stay out of the way."
"Do you expect that I would have someone unruly under my employ?" SesshouMaru raised an eyebrow.
"N-no, of course not," Koenma smiled nervously, although it was hard to tell that he was smiling with his pacifier in the way.
"Good. I shall send someone over immediately." SesshouMaru turned around and looked at Kagome, "You are not to leave this room until they have arrived." Then, the inu youkai walked out the door, ignoring the glares from both Inuyasha's reincarnation, and the girl that his half-brother had shared a blood bond with.
(I hope that the fact that this chapter was close to being kinda longish makes up for the crazy lateness, although I know that it doesn't. Either way, thank you for reading this far into my story things. Bah-bye.)
