InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Believe in the Unbelievable ❯ The Waterfall's Prisoner ( Chapter 3 )

*~Believe in the Unbelievable~*

 

 

I still don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho!! Even though I wish I did! =(

 

*Chapter 3: The Waterfall's Prisoner*

 

“I will have the jewel, miko, if it's the last thing I do!” Naraku's sinister laugh filled the air as a dagger sunk into the delicate flesh of Kagome's neck.

 

She suddenly shot up into a sitting position, gasping for air and grabbing desperately for her throat. Once she realized there was no cut or blood she calmed, a sigh of relief seeping from her lips.

 

`It was only a dream…'

 

Kagome, deciding to take a shower once she realized she was drenched in sweat, threw back the covers and climbed out of bed. She walked into the bathroom down the hall on shaky legs.

 

`It was only a dream, why am I so shaky?' she asked herself, but deep down she knew why. That dream was a warning. Something was going to happen, and soon. A sickening feeling filled her stomach as she turned on the water.

 

`A hot shower will make me feel better.'

 

Twenty relaxing minutes later, Kagome emerged from the steam-filled bathroom wrapped in a towel. She went into her room and pulled a demon slayer outfit from her closet. She slipped it on and caught a glimpse of herself in her full-length mirror. Her eyes became slightly watery as she remembered when Sango gave her the outfit.

 

~*~*~ Flashback~*~*~

 

“Hey Kagome, could you come in here a sec.?” Sango called from inside Kaede's hut.

 

Kagome turned from playing with Shippo to smile at her sister-like friend, “Sure, be right there.”

 

Once Kagome entered the hut, Sango slapped her hands over her eyes and led her into a room in the back of the hut.

 

“Sango, what are you doing?” Kagome laughed.

 

“You'll see, just be patient.”

 

Sango uncovered her eyes and Kagome gasped. In front of her was a beautiful demon slayer outfit hanging from a chair. It looked exactly like Sango's but had blue where Sango's had pink. To the side of the chair on the floor were some poison pouches and armor. Leaning against the wall behind the outfit was a black Hiraikotsu.

 

“Lets just say it's a present from me in case I don't see you on your birthday this year.”

 

Kagome turned her tearful face to Sango and threw her arms around her neck.

 

“Thank you so much Sango!” she cried

 

“Well that's not all Kagome, I was planning on training you next week before the final battle came.” She began gasping for air when Kagome tightened the hug, repeatedly whispering `Thank you, thank you, thank you'.

 

“Ka…Kags…I can't…BREATHE!” Sango barley got out.

 

Kagome immediately released her and smiled sheepishly, “Sorry Sango”

 

“It's ok, but I think Inuyasha is picking on Shippo again…” Kagome yelling angrily cut off Sango.

 

“SIT!” She screamed as she ran outside. Sango shook her head and smiled before following her best friend.

 

~*~*~End Flashback~*~*~

 

Sango only had time to teach Kagome to use the Hiraikotsu before the final battle rolled around, and Kagome didn't tell her Midoriko was secretly training her until after the battle.

 

Kagome heard something downstairs and quickly wiped away her tears and pocketed the two pouches before making her way to the ground level of her empty home. She walked into the kitchen and was surprised to see her house wasn't so empty. Kurama was cooking breakfast, Yusuke and Kuwabara were fighting again, and Hiei was relaxing on a windowsill next to the door.

 

“Hey guys, your up early.” She smiled as she grabbed a glass and filled it with orange juice. She sat down next to Yusuke as Kurama passed plates of food around. She was just about to dig into her eggs when she realized Hiei was still sitting on the windowsill.

 

`Kurama, why isn't Hiei eating?' she asked through a link she connected with him.

 

He looked at her in surprise before answering `He never eats, but I didn't know you had telepathy.'

 

`There's a lot you boys don't know about me' she smirked `Is there anything he will eat?'

 

`Hiei can't resist sweets' Kurama smiled.

 

She smiled back before standing and walking over to a cabinet next to the stove. She opened it and pulled out a box of pocky and made her way over to Hiei. She smiled at him before placing the box in his hands. The apparition's eyes widened and he shoved the box in his pocket. Kagome giggled to herself and returned to her chair.

 

“Kagome, why are you wearing…whatever you wearing?” Yusuke asked during their meal.

 

“She's dressed in a taijiya fuku. It's what demon slayers would wear on missions 500 years ago. If you remember, Kagome told us one of her best friends was a taijiya named Sango.” Kurama explained.

 

“Yes and Sango is the one who gave this to me. Anyway, Midoriko has a mission for me. She gave me two pouches and told me to use them to release the waterfall's prisoner. She also said it's in the Makai, so do you guys wanna come?”

 

“Sure, I'll go” Yusuke said, Kurama and Kuwabara nodding in agreement. Kagome turned around to look at Hiei, waiting for his answer.

 

“Hn” he crossed his arms over his chest.

 

“Damn! I forgot my Hiei dictionary! Kurama, your fluent, was that a `fine, whatever' Hn or a `bitch go by yourself' Hn?” Kagome asked sarcastically.

 

She turned to smile innocently at Hiei, who was glaring daggers at her, and stood to clean the kitchen. Once everything was clean and put away, everyone made their way outside. Kagome pulled out the pouch with a red ribbon and took out a yellow stone. She sparked it with purification and it began to hover above Kagome's palm. It slowly floated a few feet in front of them before a swirling black portal appeared. Once they were all in the Makai, the portal disappeared and the stone dropped into Kagome's open hand. She placed it back in the pouch and shoved it in her pocket before pulling out a blue-ribboned pouch. She sparked the pouch and a 3D map formed, a little dot indicating their currant location.

 

“So this thing is going to show us the way? Pretty high tech, I mean there's even a dot that shows where we are!” Kwa said.

 

Yusuke shook his head at his friend's stupidity.

 

“What an idiot…” Yusuke sighed as he began walking behind Kagome, who was already leaving them behind.

 

According to the map, it would only take them an hour and a half , but within five minutes of traveling the gang was already surrounded by demons. Yusuke smirked while cracking his knuckles.

 

“This'll be fun,” He said as Kagome pulled her sword charm off and soaked its blade in poison she revealed from under her armor.

 

Hiei took on four demons and had them in pieces on the blood soaked ground in seconds. Yusuke and Kwa fought five while Kurama stayed close to Kagome, fighting off any demon that crossed his path. Kagome easily destroyed the three demons surrounding her and in no time, all the demons were killed.

 

“I thought that was going to be a challenge.” Kagome pouted.

 

“Those were only low class demons. Wait till we run into A and S class demons. Those are the ones I worry about.” Yusuke said as he walked across the bloody battlefield to join Kagome.

 

“And with all the blood, we're sure to run into more demons.” Kurama sighed.

 

Kagome heard a wrapper being crumbled and tuned to Hiei. The apparition was happily eating his candy and Kagome smiled.

 

“How long is this supposed to take?” Kwa wined

 

“About an hour and a half, but if we keep running into demons probably around two hours.

 

They continued following the map and they reached about half way to their destination when that sickening feeling filled Kagome's stomach again. She stopped and closed her eyes, concentrating hard on her surroundings. She couldn't find a thing, she slowly spread her aura farther out beyond the trees. Kurama and Hiei sense her aura spreading, as if searching for something. The guys became alert and slowly backed up to circle Kagome. Suddenly her barrier shot up around them and purified a tentacle.

 

“You have grown stronger since I last saw you. Good, I could use a strong mate.” Naraku's sinister laugh echoed through the trees as he revealed himself from the shadows.

 

Kagome growled and for the second time that day pulled off her sword charm.

 

“How do you still live.” It was more of a demand than a question.

 

“I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you. I had a feeling you would defeat me that day, so I created a copy of myself, a stronger copy. Once I realized you disappeared, I went after your friends one by one. The poor taijiya, she cried you name before I ended her pathetic life.” He laughed.

 

Kagome was just about to attack when a black blur cut the puppet in half. Hiei growled at the remains before glaring at the miko, who had dropped to her knees.

 

“Get moving Miko”

 

Kagome held in the tears that threatened to fall as she slowly stood and sadly continued walking. Kurama looked at her in sympathy then turned a glare to Hiei.

 

`You could have been more gentle.'

 

`Hn, she was about to cry; he replied plainly.

 

`She just found out her friends were killed, give her a break.'

 

 

Kurama went to walk next to Kagome, leaving the guilty hybrid at the back of the group. Hiei growled to himself before walking faster to catch up with the miko. When he reached her side, he pulled out a piece of candy. He slowly placed it in her hand and jumped into the trees about to follow out of site. Kagome lifted her hand and smiled.

 

`Thank you Hiei.'

 

She didn't expect him to respond but when he didn't, she felt a small pang of sadness fill her heart. Kagome sighed heavily.

 

`Great, I'm falling for him.'

 

How could she not? He had beautiful eyes, a body to die for, and even though he seemed cold, he had a heart somewhere deep down and hidden from the world. Kagome just had to slowly melt the ice surrounding it.

 

Hiei was confused. He had heard Kagome's thoughts but how could something so pure have feelings for him? He had to admit he liked Kagome. If he didn't, he wouldn't have given away his pocky and he wouldn't have been infuriated when that disgusting creature Naraku mentioned taking Kagome as his mate. Kagome couldn't really like him. Who would like the forbidden child? Hiei shook his head violently to rid himself of those thoughts. He cleared his mind and concentrated on where he was jumping.

 

Kurama had seen Hiei place the pocky in Kagome's hand and smiled. He knew Hiei had feeling for Kagome and it was beyond obvious that Kagome liked Hiei. So Kurama took on the hobby of hooking them up His creative mind spun with different ideas of how to get Hiei alone with Kagome.

 

They continued on the path provided and Kagome decided to make their traveling faster and easier. She created a concealing barrier around them, which cover their scents and power. It was like they weren't even there. Keeping this powerful of a barrier up for too long could result in completely draining Kagome of her energy, so after a long argument with Yusuke and Kurama about her safety and wellbeing, she agreed to only hold it up until they reached the waterfall.

 

They finally reached a clearing and Kagome smiled. “The waterfalls just across this clearing.” She said as she zapped the map away and dropped it into her pocket. She dropped her barrier and walked ahead of the group.

 

Kurama looked around the clearing wearily. Something was wrong.

 

`Hiei, stay on guard, something's not right about this.'

 

Hiei nodded slightly and spread his scenes, scanning the area for danger. Suddenly a long, thick tail wrapped itself tightly around Kagome and pulled her into the air. A large low class serpent appeared before them, its fangs dripping poison.

 

Hiei quickly cut off its tail and carried Kagome behind the gang as the demon screamed in pain.

 

“Kagome, you ok?” Yusuke asked

 

“Damn bastard…he knows how to hide demons…” she grimaced once she caught her breath.

 

She was about to stand when Hiei pushed her back down.

 

“Stay here” he growled as him and Kurama went to destroy the overgrown snake. Yusuke and Kwa stayed back to protect Kagome and realized the snake still had its tail.

 

“Hey Hiei, didn't you just cut that thing's tail off?” Yusuke yelled

 

Hiei nodded slightly before averting his full attention back to the serpent.

 

`He can regenerate lost body parts.'

 

`So' Hiei replied in annoyances he sliced off its head. Hiei wiped the blood from his sword before he casually made his way back over to Kagome. Behind him, the remains of the serpent were suddenly engulfed in black flames before disintegrating to ash.

 

Kagome looked at him blankly, “Did you have to burn it?”

 

“Could have regenerated” was all he said before slowly making his way across the clearing.

 

Kagome rolled her eyes and stood. They quickly caught up to Hiei and found a line of trees. They walked through them cautiously. Once they emerged from the trees, everyone stopped in their tracks. It was incredible. A large waterfall decorated the side of a long cliff. A clear, clean lake shone below and sakura trees surrounded this beautiful paradise. Kagome also noticed there was a small cave to their right and she could smell a hot spring.

 

“This is officially my favorite place in the world!” Kagome chirped

 

Hiei rolled his eyes

 

“So, how do we find the prisoner?” Yusuke asked.

 

Kagome looked at him and smiled sheepishly. “Umm…I'm not sure.”

 

“Baka onna.” Hiei muttered

 

Kagome shot a glare in his direction when her eyes suddenly went blank. Yusuke waved a hand in front of her face and frowned.

 

“Kagome? Hello? What's wrong with her? It's like she's hypnotized or something. She isn't responding.”

 

~*~*~*~*~*~ Within Kagome's Mind ~*~*~*~*~*~

 

It was black…everywhere.

 

“Where am I?”

 

“You are deep within you mind.”

 

Kagome turned around and came face to face with Midoriko.

 

“Midoriko? What are you doing here?” Kagome asked, confused.

 

“The only way to reveal the prisoner is to throw the second stone at the waterfall. Then shoot your arrow at the cage. I just came to help you and warn you that secrets will be revealed. Be prepared.”

 

Kagome was thrown back to reality before she could ask what she meant.

 

Kagome suddenly pulled out the red-ribboned pouch and Yusuke jumped. He didn't expect her to move so suddenly and was confused when she pulled out an aqua blue stone. She threw it at the waterfall and it began to part. Soon it revealed a cage within the cliff. Kagome pulled off her bow and quiver charms and notched an arrow. She fired it straight at the cage and a loud explosion filled the surrounding area.

 

“Ah…hehe…oops” Kagome shrugged as she turned to look at the gang standing behind her.

 

Something suddenly collided with Kagome, knocking her down. She groaned and looked up to see big brown eyes. Tears slowly made their way down Kagome's pale cheeks as she squeezed the oxygen out of the neko.

 

“Kirara!” she cried into her creamy fur.

 

The gang le t out a sigh of relief and tried to comfort the crying miko.

 

“How are you here?” Kagome asked as she slowly stood with Kirara in her arms.

 

“Mew” she purred before leaping from Kagome's grasp. She quickly went back into the cage and returned with an unconscious black neko draped over her back. Kagome immediately realized it was injured and laid it down. A purplish flame engulfed the miko's hands and she placed them over the wound. Slowly, the wound healed and the neko opened its eyes. Once it regained its bearings, it growled at Kagome and ran over to Kirara. Kirara seemed to tell him Kagome was their mistress and soon images began flashing behind Kagome's eyes. She saw Miroku being killed by Naraku and Sango sealing Koro and Kirara in the cage to help Kagome defeat Naraku before he killed her too. She couldn't hold in the tears any longer as her eyes once again began to water. She turned her tearful face to the gang and they gasped.

 

Kagome's eyes were an orange color.

 

“Kagome, why are you eyes a different color?” Yusuke asked.

 

The tears immediately dried and her eyes changed to silver with brown specks.

 

“They just changed again! Kagome, what are you hiding!?”

 

Kagome sighed `I guess this is what Midoriko meant by secrets being revealed'

 

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A/N

 

AWWW!!! It's a cliffy!! Sorry but I had to! I apologize for taking so long to update! I just had surgery a couple weeks ago on my back. I have scoliosis. And this probably isn't one of my best chapters because I still have some morphine in my system. Lolz. So I'm sorry for a sucky chapter! But don't worry! The antibiotics are almost out of my system and the next chapter will be much better. So anyway, here are the voting results so far:

 

Kurama/Yukina - 3

 

Kurama/Botan - 6

 

Yusuke/Keiko - 5

 

Yusuke/Botan - 1

 

Kuwabara/Yukina - 3

 

Kuwabara/Nobody - 1

 

I REFUSE TO UPDATE UNTIL I RECEIVE AT LEAST 25 REVIEWS! So keep voting! Oh and I'm closing the voting on Friday, January 12th! And thank all of you who voted.

 

Next Chapter ~*~ Chapter 4: Her Deepest Secrets Revealed