Title: Miko and Shinigami Love

Rating: T

DISCLAIMER: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo. Two respected mangaka! I do not own the characters in any way nor the story plot. Only the idea of this fanfiction!

MizukixTsukiyomi's Notes: Thank goodness I could revise this one. I realized how bad I was at fanfiction back then and even now I am still trying to progress and get better. But anyways, thank you for the support and love this story has received!

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Chapter 06: Trust

Kagome watched worriedly as Inuyasha gently set her mother down on the bench near the Sacred Tree. Kneeling down, Kagome placed her hands above her mother's wound and watched as her hands glowed in pink from her miko-ki.

Sango sighed heavily: "It was a good thing we found her in time before she bled out anymore. That damn Naraku…attacking the innocent!"

"That is what he does," sighed Miroku as he held onto his golden staff. "It his way to get us in his plan. Unfortunately…it works in his favor."

"Damn that Naraku!" Inuyasha's hand formed a fist. Anger swelling inside of him. "If only we had been there sooner."

"It is not your fault, Inuyasha," whispered Miroku. "We all feel burdened with this, but we cannot give our identity so freely in Kagome's world."

Inuyasha's ears quickly picked up the sound of footsteps coming their way. His eyes slid to the corner, watching as the mysterious people in black garments walked towards them. His hand laid on the hilt of his sword: "What do you all want?"

In reaction, all three Shinigami placed their hands on their own hilts, ready to counter if danger proceeded. Yoruichi raised her hand to show her palm: "We are not here to cause trouble."

"Then who are you?" he growled back. "Do not avoid the question again."

"It seems we have questions pertaining to your enemy," she proceeded to speak.

"Our enemy?" questioned Miroku. "Is it perhaps Naraku that you speak of?"

"It may seem that this Naraku you speak about has come in contact with one of our own enemies," Yoruichi's eyes went over to see Kagome concentrating on her healing process. "We do not know how or why."

"Do you know who this enemy of yours is?" asked Sango. She received a shake of her head for her answer.

Ichigo's eyes roamed to each person and stopped at his new neighbor as she knelt beside her mother. He caught sight of her glowing hands and the wound closing in the process under the pink glow. He watched her eyes filled with worry and confusion. Was it possible Kagome was not normal? Did she have a secret herself?

"The Shikon no Tama."

All ears including Kagome's picked up the sound of the cat woman's voice naming the familiar sphere. Kagome's head slowly turned to face the woman.

"Where is it?" she questioned.

"How do you know about it, woman?" growled Inuyasha, his hand tightening around the hilt.

Yoruichi caught the stare coming from the miko. She dropped her hands to her sides. She took a step closer, making the hanyou step in front defensively. Rukia and Renji stood beside the cat woman.

"I do not know who you are but you know about the jewel. I cannot allow you to take a step closer to Kagome," glared Inuyasha.

He received a chuckle from the older woman. Raising a brow, she spoke: "Those who are fully educated in the history of Japan itself would know about the famous Shikon no Tama and the myth that surrounds it."

"Myth?" whispered Kagome.

"Where is it?" she questioned again.

"Why should we answer that?" Inuyasha continued to glare strongly.

Kagome sighed seeing that the woman knew more than they thought. Finishing her task, she slowly stood: "It shattered."

Not expecting the answer, Yoruichi blinked: "Shattered?"

"As you heard," she replied. "I shattered the jewel into pieces during a chase after it."

"Where…are the pieces?" blinked Yoruichi once again, appalled by her actions as a miko. No miko would ever do that.

Kagome and her friends avoided eye contact and looked to different areas. Sighing heavily, Kagome looked back up: "Some are scattered out the land," she was not going to tell them about her traveling back five hundred years into the past, "I currently have three and Naraku has more than half of it completed."

"So this is a chase and race to see who gets the most," nodded Yoruichi.

"This is not a race," glared Inuyasha. "This is life and death and our revenge on the dark hanyou."

"Hanyou?" whispered Ichigo, catching everyone's attention. "You mean half-demon?"

Inuyasha cursed under his breath for revealing more than they should have known. Yoruichi nodded with a smirk: "So you are a hanyou."

"What of it?" scoffed Inuyasha.

Kagome took a step in front of the group: "What is it that you want?"

Yoruichi sighed: "Well it seems like both of our enemies have come into contact and I have done some research along with a friend that the Shikon no Tama might be involved."

"That damn Naraku," cursed Inuyasha as he looked to his side.

"And what exactly is that you want out of this?" questioned Kagome.

Yoruichi smiled: "It would be in the interest from both parties here that we help each other get the Shikon no Tama and out of their hands."

"And why should we help you?" glared Inuyasha.

Kagome looked towards her unconscious mother. Her eyes shifted to stare at the hanyou: "Inuyasha."

Looking at the miko, he noticed the fright in her eyes. Of course she was afraid. Her own family was attacked and hearing that Naraku might be getting stronger only got her even more worried. He sighed loudly, his hand loosening the grip around the hilt.

"Fine," his glare tightened, "but we make the decisions around here. One wrong move and I will not hesitate to kill you. I still do not trust any of you."

"Same goes to you," Ichigo returned the glare, surprising Rukia by his tone.

Both the orange head Shinigami and hanyou exchanged a hardened glare. Kagome's eyes dropped down to her chest where she kept the shards. Her view slightly went upwards to get a glimpse of the strange woman and Ichigo and his friends dressed in black.

'Who…are they exactly?'

MizukixTsukiyomi's Notes: Thank you for reading! And for the support! Hope you all enjoyed! More revisions and edited chapters coming soon!

Ja~ne!