~Dark~ It was super hard trying to find a place to stop. And I had so much I wanted to add on!
~Akari~ At least it means you'll have more for chapter 7. *Tells Dark while throwing a bean bag ball at her head*
~Dark~ Knock it off or I'll call Hiei! *Threatens the pup who only glares and grabs a cookie*
~Akari~ Do it, I'll beat him up this time!
To alstasulis From Dark
Wow! Thank you so much! You probably don't realize how happy you've made me with your review! I'm also a big fan of InuYasha (but that's pretty obvious no?) Anyway, I'm glad you think I'm incorporating everything correctly. Honestly I'm afraid I'm giving to much away, not telling enough information, or just plain out destroying all the characters! The history bit actually came to me as just a side note in my Microbiology class so I just jotted it down not really thinking it'd do much good, but now I'm glad you seemed to like it! Oh! And trust me when I say InuYasha will definitely be facing off for his family, a lot more now that he's aware that something is up and coming for his pack. :D XD
To AngelQueen1325 From Dark
Well here's your next chapter! I hope you enjoy it! And don't worry about being a Nerd, I'm one too. :D
We don't own InuYasha!
We also don't own Yu Yu Hakushou!
If we did I wouldn't have to worry about college expenses...*sigh*
"You...are a...fool." The cloaked figure said lowly and Tim shivered at the sound of anger and power in the voice as he huddled at it's feet. His wounds had been hastily bandaged by a small imp of the Underworld upon his arrival so that he could see his Liege as soon as possible. "I saved you...so you could...serve me...and yet..." The figure spoke and Tim's face took on a slightly panicked quality as he looked up and fumbled forward, grasping onto the edges of the cloak in desperation and ignoring the waves of stench and disgust rose off of it and onto him.
"Forgive me, my Liege! I just got carried away! It has been so long since I've had a body!" Tim yelled in desperation as the voices of the damned souls outside the cave rose. "I swear to you it will not happen again! Just please give me one more chance." Tim said before crying out as he felt his soul being ripped from his injured body. "My Liege!" Tim cried as his body began to disintegrate and he looked up at the cloaked figure, watching as his soul slowly formed in the rotten palm.
"Once bitten...twice shy..." the cloaked figure said with something close to amusement as Tim gave one last cry of pure agony before his body turned to ashes and crumbled into a small useless pile leaving nothing left except a small dark soul flecked with brighter colors. "You have seen...what happens...to those that...betray me." The figure said and closed the hand with several cracks.
"Yes m'Liege," a calm voice said from behind the cloaked figure as they watched the soul being snuffed out completely with no chance of redemption or reincarnation.
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"One of the reasons is because they are two of the oldest demons around at the moment and can open a hole to the underworld. If I'm not mistaken Sesshoumaru has even been to the underworld." Koenma said and I felt Kagome nod as I fought to keep myself from purring while Kagome rubbed my ears.
"But what does that have to do with having them help you?" Kagome asked and I nodded slightly, pulling my ears free from Kagome and allowing my attention to refocus back on the conversation. I looked at Koenma as he crossed his arms and leaned back in his giant chair, his eyes closed as he chewed on the strange thing hanging out of his mouth.
"Sir, I have the files you wanted and I brought Botan just like you asked." A blue ogre said with a happy-go-lucky voice and a smile as he handed the toddler what looked like a stack of paper.
"Yusuke!" A young girl that looked around Yusuke's age, he had on a light-pink kimono with a white obi sash and had long blue hair pulled up into a ponytail and purple eyes. If it weren't for her hair and eyes she could easily pass off as a human.
"Is she a demon?" I whispered to Kagome and snapped a glare at Hiei when he scoffed and turned his red eyes onto me.
"As if, that girl is the furthest thing from a demon." He told me as if I was stupid and I growled at him.
"Shut up! I wasn't asking you, you little baka!" I yelled at him and tried to push myself out of Kagome's hold but she wouldn't let me go. "Let go!" I growled at her as I pushed at her arms and continued to give the black clad boy my best glare.
"Yusuke, who are those people?" I heard Botan ask as I continued to try and escape Kagome's hold, absently noting Masaru was laughing loudly.
"Be careful who you insult, girl!" Hiei snapped at me and I noticed that he had a hand on a sword I hadn't noticed he had.
"Try me, Pipsqueak!" I yelled back at him as I managed to get half way free from Kagome, but she still had a grip on my shirt. By now I noticed Kuwabara was looking back and forth at us while Kurama held onto Masaru and had a look on his face that I knew meant he was watching us closely.
"Huh? Oh them? That's my cousin and her kids." Yusuke said calmly as soon as my shirt finally ripped and I lunged at Hiei.
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"Akari!" Kagome yelled as she watched the half demon girl dive at the boy in black. Time seemed to slow down as Hiei drew his sword and swung the metal down, forming a silver arch as he put his yokia into the swing. Kagome was halfway up when the sword sliced Akari, causing said girl to cry out in surprise and pain as blood flew out of the wound stretching across her chest and onto her right arm.
"Hiei!" Yusuke and his team yelled at the boy as he looked down at a stunned Akari before shifting a foot back slightly at the bright red eyes glaring back at him.
"Bad. Move." Akari's demon side snarled and lunged for Hiei's throat, forcing Hiei to drop his sword in the close space as she clawed at the boy's face.
"Akari!" Kagome yelled again and, realizing she wasn't getting through to her, turned to Kurama who had been holding onto Masaru. "Take my son and all of you get out of here." Kagome snapped and looked at her cousin as he nodded and hauled his friend, Kuwabara to his feet.
"You heard her! Get moving!" Yusuke snapped and pushed the Ipad like device into Kuwabara's hands before shoving him out of the room just as Akari flew back and hit the table they had been at moments before.
"Pathetic," Hiei said mockingly as he looked down at the injured girl with red eyes that had blue silver slits in them. Hiei easily evaded Akari's claws with a smirk as Kurama ran out with a loudly crying Masaru in his arms while Yusuke stayed to help.
"Hiei! Knock it off!" The detective demanded of his friend as Akari growled and swung her claws at Hiei's ankles, making the boy jump straight up with a half smile of amusement.
"Why? This is quiet entertaining." Hiei told Yusuke and frowned when his attention was diverted to Kagome as she slammed the door shut and ran to tackle Akari. "Foolish woman," Hiei muttered as Akari saw her coming and jumped back, swinging her claws out and cutting Kagome's arm up to the elbow in a jagged slash.
"Akari, calm down." Kagome said, ignoring the two boys as Yusuke grabbed Hiei and got in his face.
"You idiot! That's just a kid, and demon or not you shouldn't have hurt her!" Yusuke snapped angrily as he tried to shove Hiei up against the wall only to have said wall be destroyed slightly when Akari suddenly flew at the duo and tried to punch Hiei.
"Clearly that would have helped." Hiei said as he stepped back and eyed Akari carefully as she snarled at him, ignoring the blood dripping off of her chin from a minor cut and mixing in with the blood running down her chest.
"Bastard." Akari snarled at Hiei and swung again, missing once more but this time instead of having Hiei attack her Yusuke fired off a small blast from his spirit gun at her, hitting her wounded chest and forcing the red to fade from her eyes as the air was literally fired out of her.
"Yusuke!" Kagome gasped out as she watched Akari hit the far wall and crumbled into heap. Said boy had lowered his finger and was watching Akari closely, prepared to fight her if she got back up.
"Humph," Hiei grunted as if bored and grabbed his sword before walking out leaving the cousins to themselves as Kagome lifted up an unconscious Akari, ignoring the bloody wound on her own arm.
"I'll go find some bandages." Yusuke said slowly and walked out, his face devoid of emotion as he walked out of the small dining room. Kagome meanwhile was hastily pulling the ruined shirt off of Akari and using it as a bandage to try and stop the bleeding.
"Akari?" Kagome said softly as she saw hazy silver blue eyes open up slowly. "Hey, don't worry, Yusuke's going to get bandages." Kagome told Akari as she had a flashback of when Akari had first entered her life with a sword wound and unconsciousness.
"I'm fine," Akari whispered with a wince as she carefully moved her left arm. "Where's that idiot?" She asked as Yusuke walked back in with a small white box full of bandages.
"I sent him outside. Here Kagome," Yusuke said and dropped the bandages down beside Kagome, his eyes showing a guilt and anger that Kagome missed as she looked down at Akari to bandage her chest. "I'll tell Botan to call Yukina," he said after a minute before walking out with his hands in his pockets.
"Next time I think you should just ignore him." Kagome said as she wiped the wound with disinfectant and tried to see if it would need stitches, while absently binding her own arm to look at later. "You were already wound up, so I shouldn't be surprised as much as I am." Kagome thought as she searched the box for needle and thread to use for making some stitches, only to find there were none.
"Sorry," Akari whimpered as she squeezed her eyes shut and clenched her jaw against the sting of the disinfectant her claws scratching into the wood a bit as she tried not to cry.
"Sorry about this," Kagome said as she forced a very thin string of spiritual power into her finger and began to carefully pull the edges of the wound together, sealing the ends with a stitching technique she had learned from Keade but had never tried. Kagome didn't say anything, trying to give a small smile for comfort as she tried to do the stitching quickly, but at the same time trying to avoid further injury to her daughter.
She carefully stitched the wound together"Dammit!" Akari hissed and tried to move away from the purifying fingers but Kagome held her still, her maternal side telling her to stop while her common sense told her if she did it'd only cause more harm.
"I'm so sorry for this," Kagome whispered as she reached a deeper part of the wound, where the sword had turned upward and gone in further. Akari's only response was to clench her teeth tighter and whimper a bit while tears formed and fell from her closed eyes.
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"Koenma, I need you to send Yukina with Botan." Yusuke demanded as he looked at the toddler from a lazy laid back position on the roof of the main house next to his friends.
"Why?" Koenma asked calmly before looking up as the two mentioned girls walked in.
"Koenma, sir, I would like to go with Botan to the world of the living." Yukina asked Koenma softly, giving him big doe eyes as she did.
"Yukina! My love! How are you?" Kuwabara asked, jumping up and pushing Yusuke aside as he took the Ipad so he could speak to his love.
"Kuwabara, I'm fine thank you. How are you?" Yukina asked with a slight blush on her face.
"Sorry you two but we should probably get going to the World of the Living." Botan said with a happy clap of her hands. "We'll be seeing you soon!" Botan said with a wave before she left the screen to reveal Koenma shaking his head and looking slightly annoyed.
"Alright Toddler-Breath, spill. What were you not telling Kagome earlier?" Yusuke demanded and Koenma sighed as if he was tired of everything.
"Yusuke, you understand that not all spirits who come here are good, correct?" Koenma asked calmly and waited as the boy nodded to show his understanding. "In many cases the spirit is good and we are able to send them on to peace but other times it is not and we must judge them." Koenma said calmly and by now all of the boys were listening to him as he spoke.
"What happens when you judge them?" Kuwabara asked slowly with a hint of nervousness. "Do they go to Spirit Jail or something?" He asked making Hiei smirk slightly at the idiot's foolish views.
"No, Kuwabara, depending on their crimes we send them to the appropriate places. Normally once the spirit is placed in an area they can never leave. That is until recently," Koenma said and a cold breeze suddenly blew over the group, ghosting over them like cold fingers.
"What do you mean?" Kurama asked softly, his hand soothingly rubbing Masaru's ears as he fussed a bit, and Koenma sighed before pressing a few buttons on his desk.
"These are the two missing spirits, one being an American Soldier that died a few years ago. Apparently this man was behind a massive bombing in a major city that killed over 600 people and injured more than a hundred." Koenma explained as the group looked at the picture of the soldier standing in full uniform in what appeared to be a desert.
"What about the other one?" Yusuke asked after a minute and blinked in stunned shock as an image of a young woman, probably a year younger than Kagome, appeared on the screen. She had dark brown hair that was cut as if by a jagged knife and was spiked in the back but slightly longer in the front, her skin was a pale porcelain color, but her eyes and smile were the most striking. Her eyes were a like two shards of acid yellow that spoke of a possible demon ancestor, while her smile showed two fangs that poked her bottom lip. She seemed almost feral as she looked out at the group from what appeared to be a forest in the Demon Realm somewhere.
"This is-" Koenma started only to be interrupted by Kurama, who looked unnerved by the picture.
"Suzume of Three Secrets," Kurama said with both awe and fear in his voice as the other members of his team turned to look at him.
"Yes, she was a demon and the deadliest killer of both her time and the time before it. Supposedly she has managed to have a hand in six major events throughout your history that has led to the death of thousands of humans around the world that we know of. Always appearing and causing mass chaos and death before vanishing." Koenma told the group solemnly as the image grew smaller and rested in the upper left hand corner of the screen next to the image of the soldier.
"But, if she was so great, how did she die or whatever?" Kuwabara asked Koenma as Yusuke leaned back with his arms crossed but a hand resting on his chin as he rubbed it thoughtfully.
"We aren't exactly sure, but what we are sure of is that Suzume is deadly and right now she is free." Koenma told the group while Hiei looked up at the sky and though his eyes were alert and aware of his surroundings he didn't hear any words that were said.
"Yes, but that isn't all, Suzume was manipulative and able to use anyone she wanted till she simply grew bored." Kurama said drawing the attention of everyone but Hiei.
"Kurama, what do you know about her?" Yusuke asked without looking away from the image.
"Suzume of Three Secrets was a half demon, at the time, the only one. Her past is unknown as well as what exactly her demon heritage was. In my days as Yoko, before I joined with Yomi, I only came in contact with her once. My first impression of her was that she was too cocky, that she was to young to really know anything, but I was more arrogant then...I am lucky to be alive today." Kurama said as his eyes distant, as if lost in memory.
"Then you understand the dangers we face." Koenma spoke, and appeared unsure of himself as he looked at the group on his screen. "As for your assignment, you'll have to find the clan heads I told you about and destroy these two spirits! Since they've managed to escape from their imprisonment we can't risk them endangering any others." Koenma told them just as Kuwabara jumped up at the sight of his beloved Yukina flying towards them with Botan.
"Yukina!" He yelled joyfully and jumped up, causing himself to fall off the roof and hit the ground just as Kagome came out of the house dressed in a pair of loose fitting sweatpants that hung around her hips along with a slightly loose navy blue t-shirt.
"Kuwabara! Are you alright?" Yukina asked as she carefully got off of Botan's oar and rushed over to Kuwabara as he got up, both ignoring a surprised Kagome as she watched the two with a soft smile.
"Yeah, my love for you was the cushion for my fall." Kuwabara told her happily as his teammates jumped down from the roof and looked at him with mixed looks of amusement, though Hiei still had that indifferent look on his face. Kagome looked at the group, her eyes immediately finding a teary eyed Masaru looking at her with pleading eyes. Without a word Kagome walked over to the red haired boy and plucked her son from his arms, nodding her thanks at him as she turned her attention back to the newcomers.
"Yusuke!" Botan said happily, spinning on her heel and changing her clothes from her pink kimono and white obi to her normal skinny jeans and light brown jacket.
"Hey Botan, good to see you." Yusuke greeted but his mind seemed already preoccupied as he walked past the blue haired girl with his hands in his green pants pockets and towards Yukina. "Hey, Yukina, do you think you could do me a favor?" Yusuke asked her, making the Snow Woman look at him in confusion.
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My body hurt all over, and all I really wanted to do was curl up next to Kagome and make the ache stop.
"Wow you're pathetic." My demon side spoke, making me whimper slightly and close my eyes at the rough pain in my head. "Next you'll want to avoid fights and pick flowers." My demon laughed, making me wince as my headache increased.
"Go away, I'm to tired to fight." I told them and didn't bother to hide my pain from her, letting it reach my demon.
"Damn! Alright!" She yelled at me and I sighed slightly as I felt her leave and my headache decrease.
"Is it really that bad that I want Ka-Mom?" I thought as I opened my eyes and looked up at the pale ceiling and felt the urge to cry. "I really am pathetic." I thought and felt tears burn my eyes. As I stared at the ceiling I heard a door open followed by hushed voices and footsteps, as the scent of several people walked inside. Ignoring the pain it caused, I hastily moved my arm across my face, wiping the few tears that had escaped my eyes just as Kagome walked in leading a girl with light red brown eyes and light green hair held back by a red bow of sorts wearing a light pale blue kimono with a darker blue obi. When the demon girl saw me, I noticed her eyes widen and her hand rise to cover her mouth before she rushed over to me.
"Back off!" I barked at her, reverting to the dog language without realizing it as I raised my claws up and gave her my fiercest glare, trying to keep from shaking as my body yelled at me for the movements. I continued to growl at the girl as she backed away a step back and looked at me with uncertainty.
"Akari, this is Yukina, a healer." Kagome told me as Masaru babbled and made grabbing motions to Kurama. I looked at Kagome, wanting to believe her but at the same time my instincts told me not to let anyone near except her.
"I really can help," the girl, Yukina said and slowly I let my hand drop and my body to fall back down on the couch.
"If you kill me I'll kill you." I told her as I closed my eyes, getting the distinct impression that Kagome was smiling at me as I listened to the others talk to themselves.
"You said these two were your cousins?" I heard a girl ask softly, making me swivel an ear towards her voice as I smelt Kagome come closer and lightly run her fingers through my hair while a burning warmth started to grow around my wound.
"Huh? Oh yeah, Botan meet Kagome." I heard Yusuke say as I felt my demon stir though for some reason it felt weaker, almost like on the day of my human transformation night.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Kagome!" The girl, Botan, greeted and I opened my eyes slightly to look up at Yukina, who was frowning and seemed to be struggling.
"Just Kagome," I heard Kagome say before her hand covered my eyes slightly as she felt my forehead. "Yukina?" I heard Kagome ask with worry in her voice. "Akari, are you okay?" She asked as I closed my eyes and felt my demon side vanish and my senses dim.
"She's human!" I thought I heard someone say as I finally lost consciousness.