Ch. 6 – Seemingly unkillable twins

"Why did you combine powers?" Youko growls lightly.

"She wasn't healing fast enough on her own, she was dying. The healers can only do so much for a miko."

"How come she could see me fine earlier?"

"Because the effects take time to reach their full effect."

"So you're saying there could be more effects of this then just her eyesight?" Youko growls.

"Well… I'm not sure…" Koenma become nervous.

"Not sure!?!" Youko growls loudly.

"Pawly wants cracker?" A parrot sticks its head out of the vines on the ceiling. BANG! Feathers fly everywhere and the bird, still in one piece, lands on the floor with a thud.

"Yes! I got him!" A demon with short, dirty blonde hair, pointy ears, silver eyes and a pair of long horns coming out of her head stands in the doorway, a smirk on her face.

"Who are you?" Youko asks, bewildered at her actions.

"Didn't I give you a list to do?" Koenma asks tiredly.

"Yeah." She answers blandly.

"So why are you back here?"

"I finished my list, duh."

"I've asked you several time to fix that tone of yours or I'll –"

"You'll what? Fire me? Go ahead. See if anyone else can even do half as much as I do." She suggests.

"…" Koenma just looks at the floor for a few minutes. Youko curiously examines the bird that is still lying motionlessly on the floor.

"He's not dead if that's what you're thinking Youko." The demoness states.

"You know my name, but I don't know yours." He looks up at her. "And what do you mean he's not dead?"

"I only stunned him. He'll be his old self in about an hour. I've just always found him a bit too energetic and happy. You can even ask Kags abut that. As for my name, it's not important for you to know." She walks off down the hall.

"I think she's checked on Kagome just as much as you have." Koenma states.

"How is that? I've never seen her in hear before."

"She has her own ways of checking on Kagome. She doesn't have to be standing in here to know what's going on."

"Who is she?"

"She is our resident hell demon."

"What's her name?"

"I can't tell you that Youko."

"Why not?"

"Only Kagome can call her by her real name and not get attacked. But more or less, her job is to run hell." Koenma checks over the various machines he has Kagome hooked to.

"So… she's the devil?"

"His daughter."

"How come she runs everything though? Shouldn't her father be taking care of things?"

"He's retired from active duty. He just stay in the castle and does paperwork when he feels like it."

"So what exactly does she do?"

"She keeps the minion hell demons in check and brings down the new residents. If they can get by her when she goes to get them then they haven't really done anything wrong or they've repented for what they've done. But those who actually see her rarely pass her tests. So don't piss her off." Koenma finishes checking the machines. "I'll come check on her again later. I'm going to see if there's something I can do about her eyesight." HE leaves.

Youko sits in his chair by the bed. "Suichi was worried about you today. He kept thinking about you in school. He even talked to his fan club today. They were bragging to each other about how they must've scared you off. He was actually quite upset. He told them that you were just absent from school today and that if they had a problem with you then they could deal with him. That shut them right up. It was amusing."

"… He didn't run at all? Or hide?"

Youko looks up to find Kagome awake and listening. "Nope, neither."

"Good." She smiles.

Youko smiles back, noticing that her eyes are still a bit white. "Are you feeling any better?"

"Yes."

"Can you still only see our animal forms?"

"…Yeah."

"The how did you know who I was?"

"You were talking."

"Besides that Kagome."

"Your aura. Everyone's is different."

"Alright. Your hell demon friend stopped by. And… she shot your brother."

"Again?" Kagome sighs.

Youko looks at her bewildered. "You're not surprised!?"

"Not really, no." She states. "He's not awake yet, is he?"

"No. Why does this not affect you?" Youko asks curiously.

"He can't exactly die so…"

"What do you mean exactly? He's immortal?"

"Sort of."

"Sort of!?!?"

"Well his twin is."

"He has a twin now?! You have strange friends."

Kagome laughs, the sound echoing in Youko's ears. He closes his eyes and listens to the light sound that fills the room. After a minute or so he realizes that she's talking to him and snaps out of his daze. "… Twin is immortal unless his heart is completely torn out and crushed by a rock. And Rai can't die unless he does so… it actually doesn't really matter all that much that she shot him. He'll be up again in an hour of so."

"And no one has figured that out yet?"

"A few people know about the whole not dying thing. But only a select few know how to actually kill the twins." Kagome falls silent for a few minutes. "Can we… go outside?"

"Right now?" –Well that was somewhat random.-

-Koenma would never allow it. She's not well enough yet.-

-He can go-!"

-Youko watch your mouth!- Kurama cuts him off.

-Sorry Suichi, but if she wants to go outside, then I'm taking her outside. I really don't care what Koenma has to say about that.-

-At least wait until tomorrow so she's a little more stable.-

-… Alright.-

"Why not? Please?" Kagome asks.

"Why don't we wait until tomorrow, ok?"

"Aw."

"I would rather you not have an attack while we're outside since you aren't completely stable yet."

She sighs. "Alright."

"I promise I'll take you outside tomorrow, even if I have to carry you out there." –Because I would love that.-

"Ok." Kagome grabs hold of his hand and falls asleep holding onto him.

Youko smiles at this and carefully takes his hand back, replacing it with a thornless rose. "See you in the morning, Kagome." He gently pushes a few strands of hair away from her face and leaves.

(The next morning)

"Kagome! Wake up Sis!" Raihoushi shakes her a bit.

"You shouldn't be doing that." The hell demoness from the other day appears. "She still needs to heal, shaking her like that will stall it. You should know that by now."

"Sorry, I just wanted her to know that Daihoushi is coming."

"He's already here." She pulls out a dagger and stabs what appears to be the wall.

"AAAAA!" Daihoushi's appearance changes from looking like the wall to a slightly tall guy with forest green hair and light green eyes, a dagger in his shoulder. "I might not be able to die but that still hurts!"

"Well you shouldn't' have stood behind me! You know I don't like people behind me watching me!"

"It was the only way to hide from Rai."

"Why bother?"

"I was bored. But was it really necessary to stab me in the shoulder?!"

"Yes."

"What is wrong with you guys?! I'm trying to sleep!" Kagome sits up and glares at them, a pissed off look in her eyes.

The same thought goes through all of their minds. –Oh shit.- Bright, blinding blue light fills the windows and doorframe, closing the room off to those outside and trapping those inside.