Title: The Broken Portal YuYu Hakusho Version
Author: Tsubasa Kya
Disclaimer: This fan fiction is dedicated to feathergriffin who asked me to write it.
Saiyuki—Don't own
Full Metal Alchemist—Don't own
YuYu Hakusho—Don't own
Excel Saga—Don't own
Ghost Hunt—Don't own
Inuyasha—Don't own

Part Two

Sango scratched Kirara behind the ear as she fed the tiny creature some fruit. Of course it didn't take long to figure something about this world out. There were some youkai, but not an incredible lot of them. She pretty much gave up on finding Ginta and Hakkaku on the first day, and by sundown she'd come across a giant staircase going up, although she also had a few weird glances from people who seemed to question her giant boomerang with their eyes.

She'd followed that staircase to what appeared to be some sort of shrine, but no one was tending to it, so she and Kirara had determined it safe to inhabit. The shrine seemed to be recently abandoned, so she didn't fail to notice the chance that the previous inhabitants may come back.

Still, her experience with abandoned buildings was that sometimes people left them in a hurry and didn't ever come back. She wouldn't argue if she was asked to leave. As the first few days passed, she slept with her sword at her side and Hiraikotsu on the floor by the futon she'd found to lay on.

The world she'd landed in was incredibly boring, she decided as the seventh day she'd stayed in it came. She had an endless amount of apples to eat in an orchard behind the shrine, and behind the orchard was a real forest with real trees rather than the scraggly twigs in the metal jungle.

Inside the forest, she'd run into a few youkai, but nothing that she really considered a threat. Aside from some minor youkai in the forest, she managed to trap a rabbit. She'd skinned it and cooked it over a hearth she found in a bedroom. In the area she would have assumed to be the kitchen she had found no fireplace, but a magic knob produced instant water.

That alone had amazed her. A while later, she'd found something that was just the description Inuyasha had given to the latrine in Kagome's era. It was a big bowl with water in it and pushing a little lever made the water spin in a dizzying fashion. That water would go down a hole, and be replaced with new water.

Her continued search of the shrine procured many storage areas filled to the brim with books and scrolls on demon classification, on spirit powers, and on the world Sango resided in. Sango had perused those books, grateful for the opportunity to learn about the world.

Sango had fallen asleep while reading those books, which was why she didn't realize the company she had. A hand touched her shoulder; she instantly woke, slid away, and had her sword at the ready and directed at the… enemy? Did the enemy often have Miroku's lecherous, yet saddened gleam in his eyes?

"Whoa, whoa, take it easy…" the boy said, waving his hands in a placating manner. She hesitated, but he pointed over his shoulder. She peered around him and saw two men, one with orange hair and the other with red. Both of them were decidedly human, although there was something off about the red-head. "We're only here 'cause we were told to come. We don't want to fight."

Sango's eyes narrowed as she felt a nagging on the edge of her consciousness. Something was approaching her at an incredibly high speed. It took a second to pinpoint the location, and then it was descending upon her from above and behind. She spun around and raised her sword just in time to stop a blow that would have killed her.

'Not here to fight, my ass!' she snapped mentally. If she were any lesser of a person, that finely tempered steel would have gotten through. She pressed herself into her defense and turned the move offensive, sliding under the attack and taking a dagger from her side to slice at the youkai's middle.

He had to back up and she began backing herself away, turning so she could keep an eye on them all. The orange haired one shouted, "Stupid shorty, how dare you attack a woman!"

The red-head sighed, "Miss, I'm sorry for my friend. He is hasty."

Sango shrugged slightly. "I am no stranger to the actions of youkai. They should seek to kill me if they know what is good for them." Her words seemed to surprise them, but she didn't care. "If you're coming at me, go ahead. Just know that I won't hold back just because you're human."

"Good," the one in black murmured. "I'm sick and tired of being here already. The sooner we kill you, the sooner we leave."

"Now now," the one in red stated, "Koenma only told us to find out who was here. He didn't say attack them."

"And besides! You can't attack a girl!" said the orange haired one.

"You're a fool if you think that my being female should be a reason to hold back." Sango stated. "If you attack me, I will not hold back, and you will die." There was a reason she'd been well on her way toward being the best exterminator of her people, and it wasn't because of her sweet side. She regretted leaving Hiraikotsu in the room with the futon.

"Hey," said the black haired one, "why are you here anyway?"

She regarded the boy very carefully before responding, "The black fire consumed me. Who are you people, and why do you simply stand there when it is clear you are not here for a social call?"

"Yusuke Urameshi." The black haired one said almost as if it were his greeting. Sango noticed he had two names like Kagome did. Could this be Kagome's world? There were things here that matched the descriptions of Kagome's world. "That's Hiei, Kurama, and then the idiot is Kazuma Kuwabara." He pointed to each of them in turn and the orange haired one protested the offense. "We're sort of detectives, or something. Actually, we just do whatever the heck Koenma tells us to do, so pretty much we're dogs. What about you?"

"Sango."

"Is there a chance you'll lower your weapons?" the one named Kurama asked.

Sango glanced at the one named Hiei. He still had his sword resting in his hands and stood idly watching her. "Highly unlikely." She said. "Unless your youkai dog puts his away."

Hiei scowled at her terminology. "We should kill her and be done with this."

"Yusuke," Kurama said, stepping forward, "perhaps I could ask her the questions, and the rest of you could go home." Hiei was gone instantly at the suggestion.

Yusuke scratched his head, then said, "Alright." He left, saying, "Come on, Kuwabara. We can go annoy Keiko."

"I'm hungry," the other said and followed.

Sango felt slightly miffed about being dismissed so easily. She could have taken them all on, even without her Hiraikotsu. So she was left alone with Kurama. He took another step forward and bowed to her in respect.

"I apologize for the intrusion, but this shrine was home to the late Genkai; she was Yusuke's sensei. That's why when your appearance here became known, we had to find out who you were." Kurama said.

Sango sheathed her sword and her dagger and stood up straight, though she reserved no respect or bowing for the newcomer. "The building appeared abandoned, and I needed shelter. I had no where else to go."

"Ah. Might I ask what the black fire you spoke of is? You said it consumed you; what do you mean by that?" Kurama looked sincere in his desire to know, and she didn't sense any ill will in his aura or malice in his green eyes.