InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Pain 2 ❯ Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Kagome opened her eyes from her nap seeing Yoko, once again, truly asleep. She almost frowned. How injured was he? Shaking her head before she started thinking on it she stood walking around finding her legs perfectly fine as were her ribs. They had been in the house for three days and Yoko nor Zokusai had moved much. Shio could stand, but his knees…They weren't quite there yet. He would be fine by tomorrow, when Yoko had apparently woken up the few times she slept and told Yusuke that. She wanted him to rest longer.

`Meaning he already knew I was almost completely healed.'

Kagome lifted her arms above her head not feeling much pain. The only thing that was really bothering her was the stupid thing inside of her, it made her eat even less than she normally did, which was making her malnourished. She walked outside as Nijuu went out for another bath averaging two a day, it was a cool night, and tomorrow they would be heading into Ningenkai.

Shuichi walked around, deciding to check into the Tokyo office at his job having a small amount of spare time, and then went into an internet café. He searched for a few things, received a few phone calls, went back into his office building and went to the roof seeing the rest there.

“Sakio is inside of the Nokia corps building, with the large Nokia symbol on top of it. Floor forty three room eleven, which is the exact middle room on the north side. I figure I'll be going in and the rest will be eave dropping in various locations?”

Yoko looked around, he hated being in human cites, the pollution was a bother. “Go ahead, he'll most likely know you're not alone regardless.”

Shuichi, wearing a business suit making sure to take off any company identifying marks from his own company, and exited the elevator finding a security guard that he was sure was half demon. He just had a sense of it.

“You haven't been notified of sir I'll have to ask you to turn around.”

“Really. Are you sure you haven't received a phone call, my name might be difficult to pronounce. May I give you a card?”

The guard nodded and Shuichi approached and extended his arm towards his neck as a gas came out of his sleeve. He caught the guard letting him lean against the wall and returned the plant to a seed, took the key card from the guard opening the door.

The long black haired human with a scar across his right eye turned from his small office for someone with such power and looked up. It was basic. Red curtains, near white carpet, a few plants and a large desk in the center.

“Shuichi. Is there something that I can help you with at this moment.”

“I'm looking for someone you employ by the name of Manoka.”

Sakio went towards something on his laptop. “Why.”

“I heard she was working for one of the heads during the dark tournament and figured you would know more about that.” Shuichi saw him look up at him again. “And why.”

“You're not a part of the spirit fox any longer, you have your own body why does this interest you when you could walk away from this.”

“Call it the fox that was in myself keeping me curious.”

“Why don't you ask what you truly want to know so that I don't have to guess and save the both of us and your traveling companions time.”

“Why are you doing this. What's your involvement.”

“To be honest I was contacted by someone who decided it best if I sent someone to kill you and the people you travel with. I lied to Manoka, who said something to those she told who I was not a part of, who came to me asking if your travel companion had the small jewel, which made them all the eager.” He stood. “I'm not at all connected to who you're looking for and personally I don't keep track of them.” He shoved a small card across the table. “If it will assist you in leaving me alone for a prolonged period of time here's the most current information of the other living member.”

Shuichi picked up the card. “Nagasaki.”

“Saito also has his demon counter part in that area of Japan as well, and I'm for certain who contacted me contacted him as well.” He saw the look Shuichi was giving him. “If you don't trust me trust the fox that was once in you because even if he is outside right now with the noise I know he can still hear inside. The windows aren't that thick Yoko.”

`He's not lying. Take the information and go.'

Shuichi looked at him. “Why aren't you though. Chance for more power when the next plan didn't go as schedule.”

“I took my losses and focused from then on out on ningenkai and the only reason that I still associate with youkai now is because I did in the past. I almost died, I don't wish to be killed.” The door opened behind him. “Leave now.”

Shuichi took a cab to the outskirts of town going inside of the Makai portal where everyone but Yoko was, who was the only one who had tailed him. After about five minutes the white fox came through and Shuichi spoke.

“Nagasaki, ningenkai and makai. Sakio was being honest with what he was saying.”

Yoko looked at him after getting a nod from Yusuke. “Take Shio with you, make him human decent and investigate Nagasaki through Ningenkai. You'll get there before the rest of us, do not do anything aversive and wait at a portal.”

Shio smiled. “Sounds fun.”

Yusuke hit him on the head. “Don't even think about it.” He waited until the two were in the portal. “You really think Ningenkai'll have that much trouble if Shuichi isn't digging into it?”

Yoko looked at Nijuu bounding on with Katsumo, Kagome and Zokusai. “I couldn't send Nijuu and Shio so separating the two would be the next best option. And if Nijuu hadn't tails and ears and claws I would have sent him.” He saw Yusuke laughing. “I'm being quiet honest.”

Yusuke still laughed. “That's the best part!”

Yoko started walking. “As well, there might be some trouble even if he isn't looking for it. Katsumo will need the makai training at this point now more since Shio and Nijuu can't seem to focus.'

Yusuke smirked seeing Nijuu jump over Kagome. “Don't you love being a real parent Yoko?”

Kagome walked on ignoring Nijuu's mindless chattering as normal. Searching Ningenkai would be a lot more extensive and time consuming than makai, they had time to walk. Of course Nijuu to manage to piss off Katsumo enough to get him to chase him and they had to catch up to them since they were in a dirt area where Yoko couldn't restrain them both with a plant. There had only been one demon attack, and a stupid one at that. A flock of weak birds, not even after her, but after them all for invading their territory. She sat back with Katsumo looking to his father and let him take care of it for himself. He didn't even get a scratch.

The could go further without resting without Shuichi, but not by much. The three children were still growing and needed to sleep more…Katsumo and Nijuu needed to sleep more, she was worried that Sesshomaru had gotten Zokusai out of that as well. After each and their own hunting, herself killing a very small lesser snake demon not even able to finish that, they continued walking. She looked up turning around to where Yoko was, smiled a bit, then turned around walking.

“Backwards PMS or something?”

Yoko smiled, even though she didn't see it. “PMS is not everything female related Yusuke and you know Kagome doesn't have, that, regardless. It's appreciated none the less.”

“Good. You two haven't rutted in the past… Actually since those felines came. Once again a bit of a stretch from you Yoko, but Kagome is a smart woman. I'm sure she knows how to use her own han-“

“-do not speak of such things and the way you speak you're more sex oriented of a mind than I am.”

Yusuke smiled. “Probably am.” He shouted ahead. “Oi! You think we get cell reception in Makai?”

Katsumo sighed ahead. “No father, and if we did Mother would kill you having a cell bill that high.”

Kagome briefly glanced to the left. “Who wants the next one.”

Nijuu jumped up. “Me me me I do I do!”

Kagome continued walking with the rest. “Wait.” She looked up at the early sky seeing the stars. “We're just outside of Nagasaki do not go on your own.”

“Awh but Mom come -“

Kagome glared at him. “-no.”

Katsumo spoke. “Are you cautious Kagome because of the area or because you're not sure what the demon is.”

Kagome saw Yoko and Yusuke approaching now. “Because I can tell.”

Nijuu closed his eyes for a moment still walking. “It's just…One crow demon Mom what's the deal?”

Yusuke smiled. “You can finally feel out a spirit you can't sense good job hyper.” He saw Nijuu's right ear always bent bend more. “Means that they want us to go in, kill that one thinking we're unprepared for something stronger.”

Yoko spoke slowing the walk of the group slightly. “Can you feel out the other spirits Nijuu.”

“Uhhhh…”

Yoko briefly closed his eyes. “There are five panther demons and two hawks. This is a distraction.”

Yusuke smiled. “This is a nice welcome then. If this is to throw us off…” Yusuke narrowed his eyes creating a small red glow on his finger tip quickly increasing it in size and fired, taking all eight out. “Then we should continue and meet them head on.”

Nijuu spoke walking with his eyes closed. “You see that mountain up ahead Dad?”

Yoko didn't. “No and no one else can, you're feeling the spirit of the mountain. How strong is it.”

“Uhm… Sorta like from our old house to where Shuichi normally works.”

`He can sense that far but can't even feel out Shio's spirit.' “What is it.”

“Not really the mountain.” Nijuu growled some. “But there's a demon spirit that I can feel on the mountain. Like that white wolf from before.”

“How like the white wolf.”

“The same size aurora, but not like any wolf or coyote or fox… Just big like that and sorta like Mom a little bit when she's even.”

Yoko spoke. “A large ice based creature. You'll start your training with earth elements once we've left this area of makai and ningenkai.”

Nijuu made a face. “So I'm not gonna get to use plants like you?”

“You're spirit didn't call out to them but to things of the earth. Mountains, rocks, the ground.”

Nijuu smiled big. “And the sky?”

“Unfortunatly yes.”

Nijuu jumped up. “So it's okay then that I like jumping a lot!”

Yoko spoke. “Stop jumping, and since that is that far off then I suggest we rest, here, and now and head out early in the morning.”

Yusuke followed with Yoko towards a small hill finding a small cave in the side of it. He noticed Yoko going to a separate cave within and sat against a wall playing a game with the rest, Kagome staring off outside. After a few hours she walked off seeing Yoko laying, asleep, on a bed of aloe. She stared at him for a while, smiled slightly and went back to-

“You don't have to leave on account of me being asleep love.”

Kagome turned back around. “Go back to sleep.”

“Then if you didn't want to disturb me gentle slumber why come.”

Kagome walked up to him and knelt next to him seeing him open his eyes. “I haven't been around you for a while without others and just wanted to see where I want to be.”

Yoko looked at her for a while. “There's so much about you that I don't know still.”

“Not really.”

“Then why is it that I don't know what you're feeling, thinking.”

Kagome still looked at him. “Because I love you and want to protect you from as much as possible.”

Yoko pushed her gently towards him with his tail and kissed her. “And I will mate.”

Yusuke woke to the filtering out smell of sex in the cave seeing Yoko and Kagome already awake, sitting at the entrance to the cave and smirked.

“What, you two only went for two hours to catch up a little on sleep?”

Yoko turned around. “I'm hurt Yusuke to know that you think so little of me Yusuke. There will be a fight today less than three would be unacceptable.”

Yusuke smirked. “Allright then.” He raised his voice. “Wake up kids fightin' time.”

Shuichi had immediately taken Shio to a place to get his hair cut. When they wanted to wash it, Shuichi quickly paid, not wanting to risk any water splashing onto the boy. Now, Shuichi woke up in the company loft that no one would be using for the next month, if they would even come to need it for that long. Walking over to make himself a cup of tea he heard a mumble from Shio and knew it was his time to wake. He spoke making a second cup of tea.

“You should get into the habit when you're not in Makai to drink tea in the morning. It will help calm your senses so that you don't wake up to the loud noises and the smell.”

Shio grumbled downing the hot liquid, not being phased. “Yeah yeah. Just odd. Osaka when I had to go to school was more polluted than Nagasaki but here I'm all…” He sighed sitting down looking up at Shuichi. “Where are we searching for today, since that other dude left the exact moment we showed up.”

Shuichi nodded in remembrance. The first day they had come into the city they went straight to get Shio's hair cut, making him into the spitting image of his father when he thought he was human. Without the hair cut and makeup they looked extremely similar as well. Then, straight to a tall building and went to the floor and room Sakio had given them information on. Shuichi scented as much as his feeble nose could and came up that he had left no more than five minutes ago. And he hadn't been back to the building. He took Shio to the company loft, slept up and basically looked around the city for anything unusual keeping focus on the office room, but nothing had come up.

“I suppose we could take this day to relax if Saito isn't making himself known to us.”

Shio watched as Shuichi started to cook. “We've been here for like ten days, do you think my Dad and the rest are here in Makai?”

“Probable, if not they're nearing.”

“You think they're getting into a lot of battles?”

“From Tokyo to Nagasaki most likely no, but since the demon counter part of Saito is there then once they approach I would think so.”

“You think we'll get to fight here.”

Shuichi was going to get Yoko for putting him with Shio, but he knew that he did it for reasons. `Because I am the weakest, physically, of the group and Shio and Nijuu together would be even worse than the two of us alone. He was worried about my safety, why he told me to investigate and not thing more.' “With good luck no. We're only here to gather information.”

“How long do you think it'll take for the rest to dig up stuff in Makai?”

“It depends on what they can find and how quickly they can do so.”

“Can I go to an arcade and play video games later today?”

“That sounds fine. Don't go too far from the loft and just to the arcade.”

“What do you-“

“-perhaps you should call your mother. I'm sure she'd like to hear how things have been from you.”

Shio smiled, oblivious to Shuichi trying to shut him up, and took the cell phone from him and started to dial. He finished cooking about ten minutes later seeing Shio chatting away on the phone. Blood of one of the most powerful demons to have ever walked the earth flowing through his veins, full demon born from a human mother, knowledge that she would never know for her own sanity and well being. A growing power, a true Toushin in years to come, son of one of the most fierce demons alive now.

“Okay, bye Mommie.”

Shuichi smiled setting the food in front of him as he read a newspaper. “Don't eat as if you've never eaten before.”

Shio slowed down. “Apologize Shuichi.”

“How's your mother doing.”

“She's good work's slow so she had more time with Katsumi. Picks Souta up from his school and is glad he knows some English so he can catch up easily and said my brother and I should have learned.” He laughed some. “That's not likely at all. But yeah Souta walks to school in the morning, Mom takes Katsumi to work with her fearing leaving a demon baby with a nanny or baby sitter would be fatal, then picks up Souta from work, takes them to the park.” He scoffed. “That boy's lost. No wonder why Dad calls him worthless.”

“Just because your youngest brother will most likely never be a fighter does not mean he is worthless…Just, has a majority of your mother's tendencies.”

He smiled, already finished. “Just means Katsumo and I are Dad's real kids and Souta's even weaker than you.”

Shuichi had enough of the insolent child and stood walking off. “We're training today-“

“-Shuichi but you said-“

“-your father and Yoko both have tried teaching you through the years to listen to authority, instruction, lessons and you have failed to do so. You have more energy and strength than I do but that is nothing if you don't know how to use it and you are blind to your opponents. Why I have defeated you in sparring before.”

Shio stood following him, he wasn't getting out of this. “Strength is different than power…Is that why Kagome can take on demons bigger and stronger than her and is still alive today in seeing how half of the world wants her dead?”

Shuichi nodded. “Very good.”

Shio smiled speaking about thirty minutes later walking into a forest. “Yeah she's really strong it's great she's the best.”

Shuichi briefly turned around. `I wonder what Yoko would do if he knew this boy has a crush on his mate. Of course, he's never been around a female demon for any extended amount of time.' “Come.”

Walking through the early stages of the terrain in Makai, the group saw the land turn from desolate dirt, to lush grass with lakes and rivers and minimal demon attacks. To stone that led to light snow as they started their trek over the mountain. It was far too wide to go around, they would lose at least eight days of travel. As well, some of their group thought that `a little cold and some stupid stones'll whip these kids into shape. If they die up here their fault… As long as it doesn't get any colder than this'.

Yusuke spoke next to Yoko as the snow hit him in the face. They had been on the mountain for two days now and seemed to be getting no where.

“I know we have to clear the mountain, and when my old man told me to get the hell out of ningenkai for a while for a sabbatical I went around this area. Is there some type of complex on the other side.”

Yoko looked ahead seeing Kagome leading, with Nijuu bounding along besides her. “There's a massive forest that will take at least three days to clear and in the middle of it in a large cleared out section is a system of buildings. It's clear that a human built them. They've been there for quite some time. I suppose if this is demon and human interaction, they would be there.”

“So we go in and what? Akumu and Chenja won't be in there, do we select out humans or…”

“In seeing as how we'll be entering a highly stacked complex who we are looking for will come to us after some time.”

“What about Kagome.”

“Going into there for her is just as safe as being with Shuichi now or standing on a pit of jagged rocks. The only difference is that I am here with her.” He looked up seeing her pulling on Nijuu to get him to stop jumping. He, Yusuke, and Katsumo and Zokusai in the middle using his heating abilities, caught up to them. “What is it.”

Kagome looked ahead. “The small mountain next to the one with a large hole in it.” She waited for them to all look as the snow shifted directions. “That's an ice creature, not a mountain.”

Nijuu shrugged. “I can't pinpoint stuff-“

Yoko gave him a look causing him to whine some. “If we can see it why doesn't it attack.”

Kagome looked closer. “Saito didn't hire him. This is just his terrain.” She started to walk off separate from the rest. “If he wakes when you pass near just tell him you're passing through, which you are. I'll be waiting on the other side of the mountain.”

Yoko wasn't about to have her go off by herself even with her being perfectly capable. He took off after her leaving Yusuke to lead the children on his own. He smirked.

“Allright kits and punks alike.” He turned to Nijuu. “Or both. Let's get down from this mountain and into some none freezing my ass off weather so I can get something in my stomach.”

Kagome could figure out that everyone but Nijuu knew that the ice creature would wake up the moment Kagome walked near. And would with Zokusai but they were really just passing, and he wasn't a half and half bastard. She easily jumped from peak to peak, ledge to shelf not wanting to fall behind. She was taking a much longer way to the base of the mountain, making sure to steer clear of the ice creature. As large as it was Yusuke might even have some trouble taking it down.

Might. She wanted to go alone, as always, but smiled some in sensing Yoko behind her, jumping with far more agility than she could hope for. Grace, accuracy, precision…

Yoko thought to her behind her seeing something about her aurora, that was normally hidden except in fights. `You're thinking about rutting my love.'

Kagome sighed jumping up pushing off heading for the next ledge and hid her aurora. Letting it out was dangerous, especially around him. They continued for about a day more when Kagome found a long path that would, with hope, take them to the next massive mountain then down to near where Yusuke would be in about half a day or so. She jumped from long ledge to long ledge for about two hours then quickly paused as did Yoko. Three demons, male, very pale with white hair, jumped to the ledge where Yoko stood next to Kagome and scowled at her.

“Move aside fox. We have come to kill this abomination.”

“Do not call my mate something that she is not or I will kill you.”

One glared at Yoko with almost white eyes. “This, woman is you mate.”

“I will not repeat myself to you or your company if you are deaf do not speak and ask for replies.”

The demon nodded. “It is your decision to make. We leave you in peace.”

Kagome blinked seeing the three snow demons jumping away. Yoko continued jumping, her now following him, as he spoke.

“They could have posed a threat if they chose to but recognized that I would have killed them.” He saw her slightly confused. “Come along dear.”

Yusuke watched in the distance as the ice creature sat down after they had completely left his territory. He stopped on the outside of the forest. Nijuu spoke looking around.

“Where'd they go?”

Yusuke smirked. “They're, warming up.”

Nijuu shook himself off. “Can I go clean myself now?”

Katsumo saw his father laughing and sighed. “Come on.”

Yoko walked back a few minutes later to the border of the forest, inside, where Yusuke waited. “Warming up?”

Yusuke smiled at him. “Well you were cold, right?” He shook his head. “Sleep up and head out in the morning.”

Kagome sat alone away from the rest as normal. It was a few hours after dawn and figured they were all tired. They hadn't slept at all on the mountain, in fear of the `dumber' younger ones not being able to tell when their bodies were too cold and would freeze to death. Only resting. She figured she was tired and in need of more rest. But besides the normal getting to her, something else was bothering her. She couldn't sleep more than a few hours, and shoved Yoko down for her not to sleep anymore and out of his hold. She looked over to where he was now, seeing him truly asleep and told Yusuke, who had actually staid awake, that she would keep watch now. She noticed Nijuu coming next to her and sitting down and waited for him to speak.

“Mom…I had a nightmare…Well I thought it was a nightmare but it seemed really real. And I haven't been to the places in my dream before or had ever seen anything like it. What do you think that means?”

“What did you see.”

He looked at her looking ahead. “I was wondering alone in a large room of some sorts. The walls felt cold and there were humans and demons walking around. Even a half demon that was younger than Shio. And I continued down the hall and came into the room and there was a human that walked past and I felt really scared. I went inside and there was…Someone who sensed a lot like you Mom, but I couldn't see the person, he or she. Just a side, and a shadow. That one was speaking to someone else about a… I don't know but he she seemed angry. When that one moved and I saw him chained down. Then a demon that scared me as well walked up to him, punched him in the face and walked off. There was a serge of power, then I felt ill and woke up.”

Kagome still looked ahead. “Tell your father when he wakes and separate him from Yusuke.”

“But what do you think Mom?”

“It wasn't really you seeing that but you through some unknown spirit. The rest I'm unsure of.” She looked at him and shook her head. “Go take a bath.”

Yoko woke seeing Kagome sitting in a low tree branch with her eyes closed. He turned seeing the rest up already filled enough with food and looked seeing a pile of clean cut meat on a broad leaf and a large cup of water fashioned out of ice with a leaf around it so his hand wouldn't get cold. He smiled, ate, and stood seeing Nijuu in his face.

“I, uhm…”

Yusuke walked ahead. “Outta this one.”

Yoko looked at him. “Think, speak.”

Nijuu started to walk with him. “I woke up from a nightmare…And now I'm asking you.”

Yoko looked at him for a while. “You didn't tell your Mother.”

“I did and she said what I was seeing was through another spirit, like seeing through someone else. Didn't know anything else.”

“She's correct. Someone would not waste time hoping to put an image into your mind if they don't know for sure if you exist. As well those are very… Dangerous tactics. Have you been practicing your mental barriers since I've told you how to while you're awake.” He saw his son sheepishly smile. “If your mind comes under attack you will no longer think it funny or better to do something else.”

“Okay Dad…What do you think the dream means.”

“The only thing we're close to that you could have accidentally picked up would be at the compound ahead, you've seen inside already.”

Nijuu made a face. “Not much. What was with the person sensing almost just like Mom?”

“Someone composed of conflicting nature. Keep up Nijuu.”

Kagome stood just on the outside of the forest. There were a few demons lounging on the outside of the… The only thing she could call it would be fortress. And everything in her mind screamed at her not to go in, turn back, and find another way. And looking at Nijuu and Zokusai, who even he couldn't hide it, they felt the same way as well. And if her senses were telling her that much, then she knew. They were in the right place. Yusuke spoke next to Kagome.

“What's the fail safe device Kagome.”

She still looked ahead. “You're going to make me annoyed and sick continuing on.”

Yusuke gave her a look then saw Yoko next to her. “She's not being facetious. Go in with her up front, Katsumo and myself up south. You two will find a way in of your choice on the roof.”

Yusuke patted Kagome on the back knowing he was the only one she would let touch her aside of Yoko and smiled. “Ready buddy?” he saw a small smirk from her and took off in a dead run, her close behind. “See you all inside!”

Nijuu and Zokusai saw Katsumo and their father going through the forest to the south of the building, quickly. He figured his father and brother would have been better for it, but that he, oddly enough, was better suited for his brother once they got inside and was certain only his father knew that. He saw his mother quickly killing however it came to her the sentries around the north of the building as Yusuke, literally seeing no door at all, began to punch through the wall, leaving his back and sides completely exposed. But then again, perhaps his mother was well suited with Yusuke. She darted about quickly on the roof, on the ground killing anyone who neared the Toushin. And those walls were thick. He saw his brother's eyes narrow some.

“He's almost made a hole in the wall. Probably magic enhanced otherwise it would have only taken two punches max. Once they're in we go straight ahead on the roof, you take the left, I have the right, go completely and steathly to the back then we met up and go in on the east side.”

“Kagome now!”

Yusuke punched through the wall knocking down a large portion of it as Kagome jumped behind him with a dead bat demon falling to her side. She quickly fell behind Yusuke basically letting him blast down each hall, into each room, and killing the stray anything that managed to avoid something that destructive. Which had only happened once so far, and the human was asleep, or faking sleep faking to be innocent with a lying auroa. Yusuke ran into the room next to her.

“It's all clear. Wanna try the next hall over?”

Kagome shook her head. “I'm just following you and making sure to stay clear out of your way.”

Yoko ran into the same problem he had seen Yusuke face earlier, no walls. Not sure and not wanting to test if Katsumo could do so he quickly grew out a plant with numerous stems coming from it letting it remove the section of the wall brick by brick as he and Katsumo started to kill those around it. Seeing the gap in the wall quickly materialize and sensing Zokusai now on the roof he went inside seeing the halls empty and formed an extremely long thorned rose whip.

“Do you wish to be challenged.”

Katsumo looked directly at him. “Yes, let me.”

Yoko nodded easily flicking his whip tearing through a human physic walking down the hall. “Take this entire hall and find me in the next. We work our way towards the center.”

Katsumo looked as Yoko ran down the hall towards a set of double doors and soon heard the fighting commence. He did notice that no one was in the halls and went into the first room quickly fighting. They weren't that powerful but then they weren't that weak. He sensed his father shooting jakai gun after each other into the rooms he entered. He didn't have that much energy and wouldn't… For a very long time. He smirked seeing three dead demons on the ground and ran for the next room. He'd have to thank Yoko later for this experimental time. If it was this easy for him and he was just a mid B class, then Yoko would be having no trouble and might even fall asleep.

Yoko entered the doors seeing the rest running in the opposite direction towards Yusuke's end, which at their speed would be about five minutes away. He flicked his whip noticing one, stupidly, shout out a death threat and was dead before he could finish. The hall was seemingly filled with nothing but low demons that looked like they had small spikes coming from their faces. Spike demons as they had always been known though weren't.

`Meaning the outsides have lower level demons and the closer to the inside… Zokusai. Please do not start in the center and think to work your way out and don't let Nijuu drag you into it either.' He growled to himself whipping through the low demons. `Magic fills this place.'

Zokusai finished on his side of the roof and jumped back seeing the side rooks or tiny castle, things, having physics in them that were shooting bullets at him, Nijuu not yet visible to them. He couldn't jump that far from the main section of the complex. He jumped to a smaller building seeing no one on the roof guarding it, avoiding bullets then jumped up to a higher level building then across getting a bullet graze across his check into the tower. Easily slashing through them wondering if they were physic or just human… Though he had never seen a physic before until the Russian area and that was limited…

He went to the only other tower and by time he finished saw Nijuu done and waiting for him actually hidden very well on his own for him. “Where to now brother s-“

“-I told you before east side.” He looked around seeing no one and jogged some towards the far east side of the massive roof, as far from the center as possible and eventually saw a hatch. He flipped down it landing on a crate in a dark room and exited letting his brother flip down. The hall was massive with a red carpet floor, plan grey walls, and doors, everywhere. “Take that side, do not play with them. I'll take this side and do not go on without me.”

Yusuke was getting bored. The fortress was filled with weak demons that even Kuwabara if he were still alive wouldn't have much trouble taking out. Of course no where near as quickly as he was, but besides the point. Of course there was something waiting for him, them, later on, but right now.

Kagome smiled at him. “That bored?”

Yusuke smiled blasting another one off glad he had learned how to put the amount of energy, great or small, into them otherwise he'd waist energy on weaklings. “Heck yeah. Fourth hall, you've only killed three and this place better not be this big for no good reason.”

Kagome still kept close to him. “There's something in the next hall, what was making Nijuu edgy earlier on that will pose a problem because it reminds me of a monk.”

Yusuke frowned. “Spiritual energy.”

“It's not coming from a human though. I think that physic who used books learned what spiritual energy could be and set up a room filled with them. Be extremely cautious since if buddha they can repel attacks with enough energy.” She saw the look he gave her. “They're not real and there are a lot of them.”

Yusuke saw Kagome quickly throw an ice dagger into the head of a stray demon. “That's six right?”

“Four.”

He smirked. “Let's go take out this book guy, but in seeing how valuable he is if he's still alive you know there's going to be a youkai-“

Kagome and Yusuke quickly jumped apart seeing a large section of the roof fall down where they just stood. Yusuke looked seeing a single monk wearing dark blue robes having a staff with one circle of sliver on top of it say a prayer as he ran towards one section of the wall quicker than Kagome or Yusuke now from that distance could send his way. The ofuda glowed. Yusuke, not liking it quickly took a step forward about to run when he hissed loudly having his arm singed and a dome of holy energy flashed around him. He tried blasting at it using more energy having the same result. He glared at the lone monk.

“Kagome what is this.”

She looked around not noticing before, seeing the ofuda all along the room, some on the ceiling. “He placed the last ofuda making a boundary and infused it with energy. You have to destroy the ofudas, not the monk since the energy is already in them, and it goes away.”

Yusuke was pist. “How do we do that trapped in here.”

“We can't. We can't leave, they can't come in.” Kagome looked down at herself. “demonic energy doesn't come in or through either.”

Yusuke saw a candle in the distance. “Can you make that light burn one of them?”

Kagome saw how far away it was from her. “Demonic energy can't go through.”

Yusuke saw the door opening in the distance. “Freeze the ground we're on. Not with a sheet of ice, just cold. Then I'll blast through the weaken ground and hope it doesn't harm us.”

Kagome closed her eyes. “Give me some time.”

A demon that looked fairly normal walked up to the barrier making sure to stand far enough away. “Look what a good physic has caught for us.” He smiled. “A freak of nature and, wait, gasp, the all mighty Toushin.”

Yusuke glared at him. “Would you like to see how mighty I am first hand or would you like to be killed first.”

The demon smiled at him. “Toushin I do respect your power and know that I am no match for you, but, as long as you're inside of that…” He turned walking off. “I have nothing to worry about.”

Yusuke saw the door close and saw Kagome with her eyes still close and the area increasily getting colder. “Can you tell if it is just one monk.”

“One, powerful. Won't be difficult.”

Yusuke saw some ice particles form on his ankles. “I am getting cold.”

“Please have patience Toushin.”

Yusuke sighed realizing how he must have sounded. After a while he saw Kagome open her eyes and nodded at her to move behind him as he sent a single small blast down causing the ground to collapse in on them. Yusuke looked around seeing Kagome behind him, seeing only darkness. He didn't sense anything. He didn't want to leave the monk there for the rest but ran in the direction of choice towards the center hearing Kagome following her. There wasn't anything else he could do ab-

“-Stop!”

Yoko's ears locked onto the sound of a shout from the last person he would have expected. Worry filled him as he continued through weaker demons.

`If Yusuke was injured that much to shout…'

Kagome quickly raced in front of Yusuke glad he wasn't going as fast as he could and put up a large ice shield in front of herself pressed against him as something she could only sense crashed through it. Kagome was quickly knocked down with a shout and Yusuke was left with only a small ice shard in his leg as he jumped to the side. He heard a small shout from Kagome followed by a cry from her, followed by another, and another, and another-

“Damnit Kagome you shouldn't have gotten in the way!”

Yusuke had no idea where she was. Her cries made it seem as if she were getting flung about the room-

Yusuke was eventually knocked down into a wall and let out a loud shout feeling something going through him. He coughed up some blood hearing Kagome no longer shouting and felt around himself, slightly numb, feeling a skinny long protruding object going though his stomach. He pulled himself out of it feeling something tearing inside of him and heard a loud shriek come the demon attacking them, heard a splatter of blood and soon saw the entire back wall behind him after a loud `move' from Kagome on fire.

Adjusting his eyes quickly he saw a large bear with an ice dagger on fire burning in the side of the bear demon with glowing red eyes. How it could easily see and the rest of them could not. He quickly sent a blast at the bear that took it with a shake of the head and let out a roar when he noticed he couldn't see Kagome anywhere.