Disclamer: I don't own Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho. Only this story belongs to me.
War Of The WorldsIY YYH crossover. What happens when a whole lot of demons come after Kagome for the Shikon shards? Kurama falls in love with Kagome while protecting her. Will Kagome remain faithful to Inuyasha or will he risk losing her forever.
Chapter Thirteen The Scene Of Crime
The important thing when you are going to do something brave,
Is to have someone on hand to witness it.
– Michael Howard
Kagome felt sick. She had an intuition that Inuyasha was in trouble.
His smirk kept flashing in her mind. The smirk he wore when he was about to battle someone strong. A challenge to him.
She was worried. Miroku noticed her pale face and the slight green tinge on her cheeks. "Kagome – sama, what ails you?" he had asked.
She did not notice the curious look on the others.
Sango – chan looked worried.
"Maybe it's her time of the month," Kuwabara had said. Kagome flushed and shook her head. Yusuke had smacked Kuwabara on the head. "Bakero!"
She urged Miroku and Sango to follow her to a secluded area in her school. An empty classroom.
"It's Inuyasha…" she had said. Miroku and Sango unisonly groan.
"What is he up to now?" Sango had said irritated. Miroku just sighed and muttered something that sounded awfully like 'troublesome-idiotic-hanyou-with-a-big-head.'
"I have a feeling that he is n trouble. The shards are moving in a fast pace," Kagome exclaimed, her face pale.
'Baka hanyou' Sango thought. He must have been involved in a fight or something like that.
Kagome continued to speak. "Yesterday, when miasma was found in Inuyasha's bloodstream, I panicked."
"I think Naraku is on my time." Kagome had said uncertainly.
"Nani?"
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Yusuke pressed his ear towards the door which separated him and the other three.
Sadly, he couldn't hear anything. If anything, all he heard were muffled sounds. Kurama was pondering about the paleness of her face all of a sudden.
Her scent, essentially pleasant had turned distressing in a moment. She must have felt something wrong. But what?
I need help
Hiei!
Hiei was asking for help!
Kurama had informed Yusuke and Kuwabara and they had left the girls there. Hiei was in trouble and they had to help their friend.
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"We better go then," Miroku had said hurriedly. Sango sighed. The days of peace were over. Naraku was on the lose.
Kagome nod. They had to be quick. They ran out from the window.
If they went out by the door, their new friends would question them. It would take time.
They couldn't waste time.
Inuyasha was in trouble and they had to help their friend.
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Inuyasha grunted. He was tired and that damned demon wasn't dying yet. The demon reminded him of Naraku. Malicious eyes, crimson in colour. It had a human – like form and it was fast.
He wished that his friends were here, and then they could help him. Sango's boomerang would really help now, so would Kagome's binding spell that she ad learned over the years. Miroku's kazaana was really needed now.
Sigh. He had to do this alone.
Not alone actually.
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Hiei was shocked that the demon had such a strong will to live. It was faster than him and Hiei vowed to kill it.
He had sent a message to Kurama for help because the demon wasn't hurt at all from the attacks Hiei had made at it. It was tough.
He could use some help. Yusuke's scattered shot gun could help. So was Kurama's whip. Even if Hiei never admitted it, Kuwabara's sword could help too.
He sighed. He gave a few attacks to the demon, but the demon managed to block all of his attacks.
"Keh. Is that all you got?"
"Hn."
He didn't have to talk to idiots.
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Inuyasha sighed. He and the hybrid had been fighting for some time now.
The demon was definitely tough. He could regenerate very quickly. His cut arm would regrow in a second; Inuyasha was reminded of Naraku again. Maybe it was Naraku's spawn.
"Kaze no kizu!" The blast threw the demon back but it continued to attack Inuyasha. Maybe it was because of the Shikon shards around his neck.
The hybrid had then shouted. "Gokuryuuha!"
Inuyasha thought only one whom used the Sou'unga sword could use such attack but, that hybrid wasn't using a sword to call upon the dark dragon.
"Barkuryuuha!" yelled Inuyasha.
Inuyasha hoped that his attack could finish off the demon. The dragon, summoned by the hybrid also attacked.
The two powers combined and had finished off the huge demon they had been attacking together. Inuyasha sheathed his sword back, and was about to leave.
Hiei appeared before him.
"Give me the Shikon shards or die."
Inuyasha had scoffed and pulled out Tetsusaiga again. If that hybrid wanted a fight, Inuyasha could give him the satisfaction. "Bring it on shrimp."
Hiei glared at the hanyou. The hanyou had unexpectedly helped him fight the S – classed demon, and they had competed to see who could bring it down first. The hanyou was strong, and he had possessed a demonic sword that had very strong powers. And when he hadn't expected the power barkuryuuha. The attack, kaze no kizu was also powerful.
So, this was the silver haired person who left after the attack yesterday.
Hiei had to get the Shikon shards around the hanyou's neck. It wasn't his.
But Hiei was fast losing consciousness. "You are safe today, tomorrow I will get you"
"Teme!" the hanyou had shouted, flushing angrily.
Hiei had left then. He hoped that the hanyou wouldn't go after him. He quickly got to their current accommodation and had fallen asleep quickly.
Inuyasha let the hybrid leave. He had to find Kagome and the others. His stomach growled in disagreement.
Breakfast first. Then, the others.
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Kagome hit her head on the table. Sango was sighing, so was Miroku. Yusuke and Kuwabara were arguing with the teacher. And Shuuichi was just staring out the window.
They had tried to sneak out but the discipline teacher had caught them and had forced them to stay in an empty classroom for the rest of the day and after school to teach them a lesson. Kagome had tried to explain to the teacher and lied that her grandpa was seriously sick. Sick in the mind. But the teacher had not believed her. So, all of them were forced to stay back.
She wondered why Yusuke, Kuwabara and Shuuichi had also tried to sneak out, but they weren't allowed to talk, so she had not the opportunity to ask them.
For one thing, Kagome was grateful that Shuuichi was sitting at one far end of the room and she in another far end. She wouldn't be able to stand the tension between them. She was sitting in the back row, beside the window, while Shuuichi was sitting at the front, near the door.
Kagome was wondering about Inuyasha's condition. How was he?
She hoped that he was all right. But knowing him, he was bound to get injured. She just had a few more hours before all of them could go home. Shippo and Souta had came by earlier but when they saw that she was being punished, they had walked back home first.
Shuuichi had a frown on his features. She longed to smooth the frown that marred his perfect appearance.
Now that he was far away from her, Kagome could sense youki in the room. Youki radiated from both Yusuke and Shuuichi. However, a strange aura also surrounded Kuwabara and Yusuke. Energy similar to hers.
Was it possible that Yusuke had pure energy in him and demonic energy? Shuuichi as a demon was hard to acknowledge. Now she knew why he looked so damn perfect.
But she couldn't deny the fact that she was attracted to him and couldn't care less if he was a demon or hanyou.
But, she wondered why so many demons transferred to her school.
There were Yukina, Yusuke and Shuuichi.
It was damn suspicious. Was it because she was the miko that guarded the Shikon no Tama and they wanted it?
She felt a little disappointed. Maybe Shuuichi was assigned to kill her, after he got her trust.
Again, Keyword: MAYBE.
Kagome sighed. It had started raining. Yusuke and Kuwabara sulkily walk back to their separate desk. She loved the rain.
It seemed like weeks since it last rained and the sentiment of it reached her deeply and she wiped at the wetness on her skin.
Tears.
Usually on a day like this, she would find a quiet place and just feel the rain. Too bad she was stuck in a stuffy class now, and in this time, the rain was acidic due to pollution. In Sengoku Jidai, when it rained, the smell could settle her, and she would sit under a tree, hearing the soft beat of the rain on the tree leaves. A distant harmony of nature. It was so comforting; she never seemed to feel right anymore except when it rained. She could forget that she had to fight a battle of life and death with Naraku and know that she was living life, not just waiting to die.
There was tranquility in the rain.
Kagome looked at the rain dreamily. She wanted to run in the rain and feel the soft drops of water on her face.
When it rained, the rain would wash away her pain, her guilt for causing so much death in the Sengoku Jidai, everything she felt was wrong would be washed away by the rain.
She could seek solace in the rain. The rain was her blanket of comfort. A comfort that she couldn't find with anyone else. Not with Sango whom had pains of her own. Not with Miroku, his kazaana was getting bigger each passing year; he was tormented and had tried to leave their group many times. Not with Shippo who was too young to understand. Nor with Inuyasha. He would push her away even if she tried.
Kagome sighed. She wished her punishment would end quickly; she wanted to grieve in silence, in the rain.
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Kurama tried not to turn back and look at Kagome. He couldn't believe that she also had tried to leave the same time he had. Where was she going? She looked pale before she too, tried to leave the school.
He had sensed a strong pure power in her after he had controlled his emotions and cleared all the fog in his head. She definitely wasn't a demon, but as a human, she had a very strong power.
He sighed. Yusuke and Kuwabara were annoying. They had been arguing with the teacher to let them go but the teacher had been insistent that they stay.
They had yelled death threats but the teacher just tuned them off. That teacher was one tough cookie. Kurama reminded himself not to get into trouble with him.
It had started raining. First was the music of branches bowed by incessant wind. Before Bach or Beethoven, before strings or written notes, this concert wafted through the trees. The tree offered song in swell and wane. The sound of nature was absolutely beautiful.
He loved nature and had spent most of his time dallying around the garden in his home. Roses, lavender, orchids and even cherry blossom tree, he had spent his time taking care of his plants. Nurturing them.
Human plants were beautiful, but those in the demon world were even more alluring. However, the plants in the demon world each had dangerous traits of their own.
He particularly loved roses. More so now.
Roses.
Spices.
Her scent wasn't that strong as it had been earlier. It must be because of their distance. In a way, Kurama was glad she was seated far from him. He could think more clearly now.
Youko had protested and had wanted to get closer to Kagome but Kurama restrained him.
Control.
Kurama was worried about Hiei. He had asked for help and received none. How was he faring on the battle?
He banged his head on the table. He wanted to sit among the flowers and meditate. To be at ease with himself.
He felt so restless. And he felt strange emotions in his chest that he needed to clear out.
Just two more hours and he could get out.
Just two more hours.
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Inuyasha was annoyed when he heard that Kagome, Sango and Miroku had gone to school and had left him at home. He was even more annoyed when Shippo told him that they had to stay back after school because they were being punished for trying to skip school.
He had forced Shippo to use his kitsune abilities and transform himself to look like a normal human.
He wanted to look for Kagome. He had to tell her what had occurred earlier. The Shikon shards were still around his neck. He couldn't leave it back at the shrine where more demons might come for it.
He ran quickly to the school. He didn't bother about the rain. His Kagome might be in danger if he weren't there to protect her.
He had to protect her. Kagome had to be safe.
She was his everything.
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"I smell a hanyou…" said a hoarse voice.
"The Shikon shards are near" another had said crackling loudly.
"We will have the shards." Another voiced.
"Yes…" the first said.
"And we would control the worlds." They said together.
They laughed.
Humans would die.
Humans would be killed, maimed.
Images of humans, brutally sliced, stabbed and beheaded raced through their minds.
They laughed. They were maliciously amused.
And they flew, to search for the hanyou.
To kill it.
To take the Shikon shards.
Humans are useless and weak. They fear what they do not know. And they laughed, again.
Humans didn't believe in demons.
Supposedly a myth, a legend and fake.
Demons were real, stupid humans….
And you would come to believing it in time.
They would have to go. The shards were close.
They wanted it.
They would kill anyone in their way.
"And we would control the worlds."
But for now, the worthless humans were safe.
For now.
Just for now.
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