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An Inseparable Bond

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho.

 

Summary: What is a miko to do when fate thrusts two troubled demons directly in her path? With her responsibility of reforming the jewel looming over her head, Kagome takes on the nearly impossible challenge that appear in the forms of a silver kitsune and forbidden child. Will the miko be enough to melt the ice around these demons' hearts or will their darkness over cloud her purity?

 

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Chapter 12: Unshed Tears of Pleasure and Pain

 

Everyone stared at the demon that had dared to interrupt the fight with varied expressions of curiosity and confusion. Hiei glared at the intruder slightly while Kurama stared at him with surprised eyes. Kagome, on the other hand, stared at him as if she were seeing a ghost. She had completely lost focus on her fight and was staring at the hanyou with wide unbelieving blue eyes that were on the brink of producing tears.

 

“It would seem that one of the members of Team Kataki has arrived and is attempting to stop the fight!” Koto announced over the speakerphone.

 

“In… Inuyasha?” she murmured, so softly she barely even heard her own voice.

 

The silver haired hanyou himself was standing behind Juri outside the ring with a scowl on his face. He didn't look very happy to see Kagome in her current situation. “Stop the damn fight and get your ass off that ring!” he demanded.

 

Habit overtook the miko's shock of seeing her hanyou friend alive as she felt her eyes narrow of their own accord. “Who died and made you boss?!”

 

“You think I gave a damn who's boss? Don't make me drag you out of here Kagome!” he threatened.

 

“Um Inuyasha sir? I'm sorry but we can't just stop the fight, it's against the rules.” Juri muttered as she grinned sheepishly.

 

“Stop this fight right now or I'll tear your fucking head off.” he growled, cracking his knuckles as he approached the ring until he was leaning over the edge of it.

 

“Who the hell is this guy Kagome?” Yusuke asked, still confused on what was going on.

 

“That is Inuyasha.” Hiei answered simply as he watched Kagome stomp her way toward the irate hanyou. This was going to be entertaining, was she really going to embarrass the mutt in the middle of the crowded stadium?

 

Kagome glared down at Inuyasha and bent down to whisper in his ear so no one but him would hear her. “If you don't stop making a scene I will S I T you so far into the ground that you won't want to pull yourself out. I will have every single person in this stadium laughing at you.” she threatened in a sweet voice that made her warning all the more believable.

 

Inuyasha nodded slowly and stepped away from the ring. He noticed Hiei and began making his way toward the only other familiar face in the surrounding area and stood beside him quietly as he waited for Kagome to finish her fight. Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at the hanyou in slight surprise and trying not to laugh. He looked like a lost puppy and with Kagome ordering him around, it made it all the more funny. Kurama was attempting to hold back his laughter as well but Hiei allowed his amusement to show without a care.

 

Inuyasha turned a glare to the four boys behind him before averting his full attention back to Kagome. What was she doing here? Why was she fighting? Why did Hiei allow her to join a team and get herself into so much danger?! None of that matter at the moment though… all that mattered was that she survived this fight so he could take her out of the tournament. There was no way in hell that he was going to allow her to remain on a team and fight for her life. He'd been searching for her for hundreds of years, waiting for her and trying to figure out how to get past the barrier so he could see her and he'd finally found her. Unfortunately, it was in the one place he definitely didn't want to find her.

Kagome forced her mind to focus on the fight at hand. Yes Inuyasha had just barged into the stadium and was definitely alive and yes she wanted so desperately to throw herself at him and hug him tightly but at that particular moment, she needed to concentrate. Juri announced that the fight could continue and the snake demon lunged at her without hesitation. Wanting to end the fight quickly, Kagome remained in her spot as the snake darted toward her. She could hear Inuyasha yelling at her to get out of the way and she rolled her eyes. Once her opponent was about to strike her, she sidestepped and locked her left arm around his neck before squeezing tightly and placing her other hand on the opposite side of his head. With a sharp pull, Hebi collapsed to the ground.

 

“Wow! What an amazing maneuver! Kagome broke Hebi's neck without even breaking a sweat!” Koto cheered.

 

“Well looks like Kagome is the winner of this round!” Juri grinned. “Would the next fighters please step up?”

 

Kagome slowly made her way back to her team, her eyes locked on Inuyasha as if she couldn't believe he was actually there. Dropping down to the ground and glancing at the rest of the guys, she briefly noticed the surprised expressions on not only Inuyasha's but Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara's faces as well. Apparently they'd never seen her in action and were surprised by how quickly and efficiently she was able to take down her opponent. She also noticed the bored look on Hiei's face as he made his way toward the ring. Knowing that the hybrid's fight wasn't going to be a difficult one, she didn't feel the need to glance back to see who he would be facing.

 

With her full attention now on the hanyou that stood only a few feet away from her, Kagome felt her tears beginning to well up. Inuyasha's irritated and confused golden eyes softened when he smelt the salt of her tears and was completely prepared when the miko threw herself at him, hugging him fiercely. He heard the red headed and black haired demons growl at him but decided to ponder that at a later time, right now, Kagome was all that mattered. He had finally found her and there was no way he was going to let her disappear on him again, even if it meant he had to fight his old friend Hiei to keep her safe. He still wasn't sure why the hybrid allowed her to enter this dangerous tournament in the first place.

 

“Inuyasha… I missed you so much…” Kagome sobbed as her tears soaked into his clothing.

 

Inuyasha tightened his arms around her. “I missed you too Kagome…” he muttered.

 

“And Hiei is the winner! Team Urameshi will be moving on to the next round!” Juri announced and Kagome pulled away from the hanyou and wiped away her tears. Glancing toward the battle ring, she smiled at Hiei who was wiping the blood from his sword and making his way back over to them. The apparition turned a glare at Inuyasha and nodded his head toward the doors.

 

“Let's move this reunion elsewhere mutt.”

 

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and smirked at the koorime. “Yea missed you to Hiei.” he said sarcastically before moving to follow him out the doors, Kagome and the rest of the team following close behind. Hiei led them all the way back to the hotel and was about to enter when a tall blur of red rushed out of the double automatic doors and tackled Kagome to the ground. Everyone except Inuyasha was staring down at the scene with varied expression of shock and confusion. Kagome stared up at the orange haired demon grinning down at her and she burst into tears once more. Pushing the demon off of her, she pulled herself up into a sitting position before wrapping her arms around the kitsune's neck tightly.

 

“You're not as small as you used to be runt! You can't be jumpin on her anymore!” Inuyasha snapped but his word fell on deaf ears. Kagome and Shippo's full attention were on each other.

 

“Shippo!” she cried, her tears flowing full force. “I can't believe you're alive!”

 

`Of course the kit is alive, he was trained by me.' Youko snorted, irritated that everyone but him was getting so much attention from his potential mate.

 

`Calm down Youko, she's just excited to see her friends again.' Kurama tried to reason but to no avail. His counterpart cowered to the back of their mind to pout.

 

“Which one is this?” Kuwabara asked, trying to keep up with all the new faces.

 

“They know everything; Kagome explained the details to them.” Hiei said to Inuyasha once he saw the suspicious look on his face.

 

“This runt is Shippo, the kitsune kit that she adopted.” The hanyou answered. If Kagome had explained everything to them, then why not answer their questions? Kagome would answer them later anyway.

 

Shippo pulled himself from Kagome's embrace and stood before helping his mother to her feet. Kagome sighed as she took a good look at the demon that was once her small kit. He'd grown to Inuyasha's height and was in great shape. His silky hair had grown to his midsection and was tied in a low ponytail style with a black elastic band. His eyes were the same green color as always but his ears were no longer located on the side of his head. Now his ears were positioned on top of his head and they looked very similar to Youko's except they were red instead of silver. She also noticed that he no longer had fox feet but human looking feet.

 

“What are you doing here?” Shippo asked, worry overtaking his excited expression.

 

“I'd like to know the answer to that too.” Inuyasha growled, glaring at the miko.

 

“I'll explain everything; let's go to the hotel room.” Kagome said as she began leading the way toward the elevators.

 

“Good idea, before the flea bag catches your scent.” Inuyasha snorted.

 

Kagome suddenly turned on her heel and stared at the hanyou with wide eyes. “Kouga's here?!”

 

“Nice going baka.” Shippo laughed.

 

Inuyasha groaned. “Yea, he's here. So are Ayame and my damn brother.”

 

Kagome continued to stare at her old friend with wide surprised eyes. Kouga and Ayame were still alive? Sesshomaru was too and was here with Inuyasha? What the hell was going on? Before she could ask anymore questions, Hiei placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her around swiftly. He gently pushed her into the elevator before everyone else crowded in with her. To everyone's annoyance, the miko clung to Shippo and smiled up at him like he was all that mattered in the world. They couldn't really blame her though… Shippo was practically her son.

 

`But I'm her potential mate…' Youko pouted

 

Kurama rolled his eyes and stepped out of the elevator once the doors opened. Pulling out his key card, he swiped it and pushed the door open before stepping aide to allow everyone inside. Once everyone was settled down, Inuyasha and Shippo turned their attention to Kagome.

 

“Ok first you guys have to promise not to go rampaging through Reikai alright? Because even if this didn't happen, I would have wanted to go anyway.” she said first. Once both the hanyou and kitsune nodded, she continued. “Koenma, the prince of Reikai, ordered Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama to find me and bring me to his office. I placed a barrier around myself so they couldn't get to me and I was about to attack when Kurama turned into Youko.” she paused here and glanced toward the avatar who was lounging on Yusuke's bed listening to her explanation.

 

“So the weasel is still alive huh?” Inuyasha smirked as he turned his golden gaze to Kurama. “I heard he was killed.”

 

“Why does he look so different?” Shippo asked, also gazing at the red head, trying to see any trace of his former teacher that he was told was dead.

 

“Youko was killed, but he fled Reikai and placed his soul into the body of an unborn child in this time. Youko is my counterpart.” Kurama explained.

 

“So you're an avatar? Can Youko ever come out?” Shippo asked curiously. He hadn't seen his teacher since he and Inuyasha left without a word. He'd been greatly saddened to learn of his death. In his eyes, Youko was far too powerful for anyone to actually kill.

 

“Obviously he can runt, how do you think he changed when they cornered Kagome?” Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

 

“Shut up Inuyasha!” Shippo growled.

 

“Both of you knock it off!” Kagome scolded.

 

“Sorry Kagome.” Shippo murmured, his ears drooping slightly. Inuyasha just snorted and crossed his arms over his chest stubbornly.

 

“Like I was saying; I was so shocked to see Youko that I passed out. I woke up at their house and found out that not only Youko was alive but Hiei as well. They explained to me about the three realms and of their jobs as Spirit detectives an…”

 

“How did you possibly get stuck with that job!?” Inuyasha laughed, his attention on Hiei.

 

“Probation.” he explained briefly from his position on the window sill.

 

“What'd you steal?” Shippo smirked.

 

“A sword with enough power for me to take over the human realm.” he stated, not bothering to even open his eyes.

 

“Should've guessed the psycho midget would try taking over the world.” Inuyasha laughed.

 

“Leave Hiei alone you guys. So anyway Koenma wanted me to join their team for the Dark Tournament since they only had four members. I accepted, even though I didn't really have a choice in the matter.” Kagome finished explaining.

 

“And you two just let Kagome get herself into this kind of danger?!” Inuyasha growled, his now angry expression directed at Kurama and Hiei.

 

“If you think we allowed her to join without fighting against the idea then you are far more incompetent than I remember .” Hiei growled, standing from the window sill. Kagome quickly moved to stand in front of the short fused koorime and shook her head.

 

“Both Hiei and Youko weren't happy to hear that I had to join the team. They were ready to tear Reikai to shreds in order to keep me from going but they knew that even if I wasn't forced to go, I would have anyway.” Kagome explained, reaching back to take Hiei's hand in hers in an effort to calm him. In doing so, she completely missed the light blush that covered his cheeks as he stared down at their linked hands with slightly widened eyes.

 

“Why the hell would you come here?!” Inuyasha demanded, glaring at her.

 

“Because it sounded like fun.” she grinned.

 

“You really are a magnet for trouble aren't you mom?” Shippo laughed. He'd been worried about Kagome when he first saw her on this island but after overhearing Yusuke and Kuwabara talking about how quickly she won her fight, he was sure she was strong enough to take care of herself. She was far too stubborn to die without one hell of a fight.

 

“You're out of your damn mind.” Inuyasha growled.

 

“Well not quite. It so happens that it's a good thing I'm here. You see our original mission was to kill a demon that wants to practically destroy the human realm but after a few days here, I found that there is a threat to Makai as well.” Kagome explained, gaining Shippo and Inuyasha's attention again.

 

“What do you mean?” Shippo asked.

 

“Kikyou is still alive.” she answered, her gaze on Inuyasha.

 

His eyes widened before a growl escaped his throat. The last time he saw Kikyou, she promised him that she would find Kagome and take the rest of her soul. He'd been searching for her ever since then. He needed to put her to rest or she would never find peace. That was the reason he and Shippo left without so much as a goodbye. They were determined to keep Kagome safe and rid the world of Kikyou. After hunting her down for several years, the last they heard of the dark miko was from Sango. Apparently the priestess had attacked and the outcome left Sango devastated with anguish. “And she's here? What does she want?”

 

“She wants to take back the rest of my soul and win the tournament so she can use her wish to destroy Makai. She wants the world completely clean of demons.” Kagome explained, slightly curious as to why her hanyou friend seemed angry by the thought of his recent love still being alive. If she didn't know any better, he seemed pissed that she still walked the earth… but why?

 

“Then we'll have to just kill her.” Shippo growled, his expression also grim.

 

Kagome stared at them in confusion. Did Kikyou do something in the past that caused them this much hatred? They looked ready to hunt her down and tear to her pieces. “Are you two alright?”

 

“Yea, we should get going though. Our fight is going to start soon.” Shippo stated, making his way toward his mother and pulling her into a tight hug, effectively pulling Kagome's hand from Hiei's. The hybrid's attention seemed to snap back to reality and he moved to sit on the window sill once more, turning his gaze out the window to hide his dark blush.

 

“You guys have a team in the tournament?” Kagome asked, glaring up at her son slightly. “Why?”

 

Shippo grinned sheepishly. “We planned on wishing access to the human realm once we won so we could visit you whenever we want.”

 

Kagome rolled her eyes. “Well you guys aren't going to win.”

 

“Says who?!” Inuyasha snapped.

 

“Me because our team is going to win.” She grinned, nodding her head toward her teammates.

 

“Don't make me laugh wench; you honestly think you can beat us?” Inuyasha chuckled.

 

“Definitely.” Kagome smirked confidently. Shippo laughed and ruffled his mother's hair before hugging her once more.

 

“You're so cute mom, we'll see you later.” he grinned before dragging Inuyasha out of the room and toward the stadium for their fight. He was positive that Kouga and Ayame would smell Kagome's scent on them and would be excited to see the miko once the fight was over.

 

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A/N:

 

Oh boy! All of Kagome's demon friends are alive! But why did Inuyasha and Shippo seems so angry when Kagome mentioned Kikyou's existence? What did the dark miko do to Sango that was so terrible? You'll just have to wait and find out

 

~*Icyfire*~

 

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