Kagome's week couldn't have been more normal since she had met the high schoolers, and frankly, her instincts were causing her to nearly break a pencil or twelve because the cold feeling that went ever so often down her spine hadn't left since she met them. While Kagome was with them, the feeling only intensified, especially when she was near Yugi, but sometimes during the night she would wake up with that same feeling, only more ominous, and she couldn't peg where the danger was coming from.

It was troubling.

Her deck, was like usual now, held in her hands. She shuffled through them, not really reading the names as the images passed her eyes. (God she cared too much, she couldn't let them go, and Souta only made it harder but she couldn't help but thank him for it.)

Sango the fighter, Miroku the charmer, Kirara the demon, Rin the flower trap, Jaken the loyalty spell, Kaede the healer, Jakotsu the eager-

Her fingers stopped flipping, and she tilted her head to look at the flamboyant member of the Band of Seven. Even though his death was because of Renkotsu, and he was an enemy, Kagome always felt a bit dragged down whenever she thought about him. Flirting with Inuyasha, Miroku (ha, finally he felt what the rest of them did whenever he asked Sango or some poor female to carry his children, Kagome couldn't help but grin faintly at the memory) and even Sesshoumaru (that took guts) was definitely hilarious, especially with their reactions, but he wasn't too bad of a guy. Not really.

("Keh, you look at people and only see good things, Kagome." Inuyasha's voice in her head told her. "They're enemies, who cares?")

She eyed Jakotsu's card. An extremely valuable player, Jakotsu wields the Jakotsutō which allows him to move in an unpredictable manor that his opponents cannot follow. Relying on more brute force then an actual plan, Jakotsu has an extremely high attack and counter moves. However, whenever he is hit his strength is lost by one fourth. If on the field at the same time as a male humanoid figure, his first move is always the dangerous 'Infuriating Flirting', which causes the opponent's Monster to become entirely focused on Jakotsu and unable to cause any damage to anyone except Jakotsu.

Yep, that sounded like him. She eyed his stats. Attack: 4000 / Defense: 3500. He was certainly an extremely powerful Monster. It was a miracle anyone took him down. Bankotsu was extremely powerful as well, if he would have had a higher attack and defense stat then Jakotsu...

She kept him in mind as she shuffled through the rest of her cards. Kikyo the miko, Kohaku the tool, Kagura the wind user, Kanna the mirror, Naraku-

Kagome couldn't help but grimace as she held up his card between two fingers, glancing down at the familiar, devious and smug face of her greatest foe. Why did she have to have him in her deck? In all her memories, he was the one person she wouldn't mind never seeing again, rotting away in hell hopefully.

Powerful. Too powerful. Too evil. Only taken down by a card that is pure, or else the power of the impure will be absorbed by him, making him even stronger.

She stared at him with distaste in her eyes, and placed him in the bottom of the pile. She wouldn't use him, ever.

Kagome was about to flip through the rest of her deck but Jii-chan's voice called down from below, "Kagome! I think one of the swords is possessed!"

The girl groaned, but got up off of her bed and dropped the cards onto her comforter, standing up to go see exactly what was wrong now according to her grandfather.. "Jii-chan, how many times must I tell you, the swords are most likely not possessed?"

"There's still a chance!"

"I haven't felt anything from any of them!"

"Doesn't matter! I was going to stick an ofuda on it, but then it wouldn't come off and there'd be glue everywhere!"

"Jii-chan."


"So, Landlord, when are you going to stop trailing after the Pharaoh and his band of idiots?" Bakura snarked, and Ryou couldn't help but side eye his Yami in distrust as he watched him play with his own version of the Ring. The library was silent except for the occasional shuffle or cough, and Ryou kept his voice low in case someone was around the corner.

"I'm not trailing," Ryou protested, but quieted down as Bakura shot him a glare."Besides, it was you who wanted us to see what they're up to."

Bakura scoffed. "I didn't mean for you to follow them like some kind of disgusting love-sick puppy." Bakura crossed his arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes at his light. "We're going to see the girl again."

Ryou stopped writing in his notebook and glanced up at his yami again. "We can't go visit again-"

"It wasn't an option, Landlord. We're going." Bakura was pulled back into the Ring and Ryou didn't have enough time to fight his darker self before Bakura took over, forcing him into his soul room. Bakura grinned, flexing his fingers, before shoving the notebook Ryou was writing in into Ryou's bag. He walked quickly out of the library, a small quirk of his lips the only shine of emotions on his otherwise blank face as he set off for the train station to buy a ticket to Tokyo.

Ryou slumbered on.


"Alright! The first thing you need to know about dueling is that there are many different kinds of cards." Yugi set down his own set of cards on the checkout table of the Kame Game shop, where Kagome and her friends were learning the more delicate mechanics of Duel Monsters. At least, that was what Jou and Yugi told them that's what they were going to do, but really only Kagome and Yuka were listening intently, as Eri and Ayumi had long ago disappeared into the corners of the shop, squealing loudly as they found board games from their childhood.

"There are normal monsters, effect monsters, sychro monsters, fusion monsters, ritual monsters, summoning monster cards, and finally the spell and trap cards." Yugi went into lecture mode, his pyramid twisting around his neck as the artificial light made it shimmer. "And they are exactly what they sound like. Normal monsters have higher attack points but less defense points- you can find those anywhere. The effect monsters have special abilities, like when they go to the graveyard being able to revive themselves. The synchro monsters are special monsters with special abilities, you can only summon them from your side deck. Fusion monsters can only be summoned by having the monsters in your deck, and only with the spell card "Polymerization". Ritual monsters are summoned by having a special summoning card in your spell deck."

Yugi took a big breath, having said this moderately fast, and Kagome blinked as she absorbed this information. "I see, this is more complex then it seems isn't it?"

Yugi nodded quickly. "Uh-huh! It's actually a very strategic game! But it's really fun though. Once you get used to playing everything will make a lot more sense!"

Jou put in his two cents. "Also, as soon as ya are good enough, ya can join competitions! Those are fun, and with all da new technology bastards like Kaiba are comin' up with, ya can even make da monsters real! Well, holograms, but ya get what I mean."

Kagome paled slightly at his words, but gave him a smile. "Sounds fun! I doubt I'll ever get that good, though."

Jou shrugged. "With training ya could."

Yugi got back Kagome's attention, and Yuka, who was standing there silently throughout the whole exchange asked him, "So what about the spell and trap cards?"

Yugi brightened. "Spell cards are really cool! They can help you destroy your opponent's monsters, or give you power boosts! Trap cards are like spell cards, but unlike spell cards, they can be activated during your opponent's turn, so instead of using your turn to use a spell card, you can call up your trap card to play without having to sacrifice a turn! They're mostly used strategically unlike spell cards, because with the trap cards you can easily create chains to beat the other person's monsters. And you can also bluff them into thinking a spell card is a trap or a trap card is a spell, but we'll get to that later."

"That sounds... extremely useful." Yuka said, and Kagome agreed.

Jou slapped Kagome on the back. "Still, even tho' the spell cards and trap cards are fun, ya should see the duels we have against Kaiba, with da monsters- it's awesome! Not ta mention ya could see me kick his ass even wit' his Blue Eyes, my Red Eyes is a lot better." Jou proudly help up a card, one that read 'Red Eyes Black Dragon', and he seemed happy that Kagome and Yuka looked suitably impressed.

"That's a good idea, Jou!" Yugi grinned brightly. "How about next time we duel, you guys can come along! That'd be fun, wouldn't it?"

Kagome smiled. "Sure! I'd love to come. Yuka, how about you?"

Yuka replied, "Of course! I'd love to see such legends in action!"

Yugi rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, a light blush forming on his cheeks at Yuka's words, while Jou puffed out proudly.

"Alright! It's a plan! Next time we meet up, we'll show you a real duel!" Jou gave Yugi a fist bump, and Eri and Ayumi, who had finished prowling the shop and had emerged carrying many board games, asked what was going on.

As Yuka explained what they were doing, Kagome zoned out a bit, staring intently at Yugi's puzzle and trying to push a little bit of her purifying powers into the air to see what would happen. Unfortunately, she pushed a little bit too much (focusing was never her strong point, pure power was, and unless she had an arrow or something clear to focus on instead of just air she could usually succeed with a little effort) and Yugi winced as his puzzle lit up, shining brightly for a second and melting away at the chain that held it before cooling down again.

No one but Kagome and Yugi seemed to notice, however.

Kagome narrowed her eyes. Something was going on.


Thank you everyone for everything, and I think I've digested enough Duel Monsters to become a game referee, lol.

Still for Jav-Jav. *hearts*

Also, finally some plot!

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or Inuyasha.