InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Pain 2 ❯ Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Nijuu turned into his fox form with a yawn and when he opened his eyes the rest were already ahead running. He let out a whine and ran ahead and once he noticed the pace the bald men, whom he knew had to be demon but looked perfectly human, found himself rather enjoyed. He had suspected them to go as fast as possible so that the weak wouldn't be allowed to enter. It was just above a trot for him. He noticed Zokusai and Yoko also changed likewise, running this way was just more fun than on two legs. He looked around seeing Hiei on the left running dead next to one bald man and Kagome, further away on the right, towards the middle easily keeping up. Shio was enjoying himself and was probably thankful now for all of the races they had had. Shuichi was next to Yoko, whom he noticed was keeping watch over him.

Then there was Katsumo, who was running on the right side of the other bald man glaring at him some. He smiled for a running fox. This was fun.

And it was still fun about thirty hours later when a wave of energy flooded over him and he found himself in a beautiful landscape. He quickly ran off to the side ready to pounce on a deer, never having the meat in his life when a bark from his father brought him back to attention. He whined some, but hoped he'd be able to come back to the place. He noticed Shuichi looked a bit tired but was keeping up just fine. Not too long later the landscape changed again to stone and a large building was seen. They stopped the run, the three changing back and the two bald men nodding.

“It seems as if the one with human blood of your group is quite capable as well. Welcome.”

Yoko spoke as they entered, only seeing the human looking people walking around. “And of the younger Raizen sama.”

“He is with his father and will not be leaving for quite some time. Your rooms await you, if you have any questions feel free to ask. As well you will all be advised to clean yourself immediately.” He saw Katsumo looking at him. “Is there something that I can help you with young lord.”

Katsumo glared at him. “Why won't you tell me what is really going on.”

He smiled at him. “You'll sense it soon enough.”

The other bald man chuckled some. “They're probably talking now without the younger angry at the lord Raizen. Would you care to know anything else?”

Yoko spoke before he could. “We're fine.”

They nodded. “Very well. You're free to do as you please within reason, even leave the main grounds. If you go further than the serine scene the young spirit fox so wished to indulge in the protectiveness around this place will block you out and unless you are lord Raizen, lord Raizen, lord Raizen, or lord Raizen you will not be able to sense that one of your party is not inside of it and can not enter again.”

Nijuu immediately went up to his father. “Dad can I please go to that area again? Please? Please?”

He shook his head. “Fine. While you're here stick with Shio.” “And never let him alone in this place for too long. The same goes for you with Katsumo, Zokusai, though he probably already knows by now from me cutting him off.”

Nijuu took off running. “Come on-“ He heard a bark from his father and walked. “-err…Let's run once we're outside I wanna eat a deer!”

Shuichi looked around. “What type of demons are these.”

Yoko walked off keeping tabs on Katsumo. `Normally Shio would be the fool to worry about, but Katsumo wants to learn what is going on. I don't sense anything wrong about this place, but if Yusuke doesn't want his children knowing or doing something they might not want to learn I will not be the one on the other side of his wrath after facing Raizen.' “I'm not sure. Come, you're sleeping now.”

Shuichi sighed. `Of course Yoko.'

`I'm only looking out for the skillful human Shuichi, such hostility from you won't do well. You're still without a wife as I recall.'

Shuichi sighed. `I'm not trying to complain at all Yoko. I'll go to sleep.'

Katsumo looked around seeing Kagome walking off and Hiei already gone. Zokusai was waiting around… But he didn't plan on doing this with him, even if there was something Yoko didn't want him to know about. He just had a feeling, a sense, this was something that he was supposed to do and figure out on his own.

Yoko, Shuichi and his father on different occasions has said that there was something about his grandfather putting it in the lightest of terms. Even when he was little and around Souta his father had called him `the bastard'. And that that bastard was a ruling lord of makai or something. Meaning he would be as well one day… But now that he was here… He didn't know what any of that meant and wanted to know. Why didn't his father want him to?

Zokusai looked at him. “Only a fox can out fox a fox. If you're going somewhere I'm going as well.”

Katsumo looked at him. “You're really perceptive.”

“You already knew that.”

“I wanna know more about, me.”

“Not happening.”

Katsumo sighed. “You wanna go into that Disney forest Nijuu's so excited about and find something to eat? I don't want to be serviced on.”

Zokusai walked after him. `Doesn't want to be serviced on but wants to learn more about who he is… I wish I knew more about my Mom… And that I could buck up and tell her that I do care and I'm an idiot for ignoring her. Nijuu's probably oblivious to all that's going on… But why won't even-' Zokusai stopped. “Katsumo I have to find my Dad now…Please don't do anything until I get back.”

Katsumo nodded. “Okay, promise.”

Yoko stood outside of the room given to Shuichi finding it simple, with a sink, small wash room, bed, and spare training outfits. The human was as much of a fool as he was-

Yoko turned around to see Zokusai standing behind him giving him a slight glare. “You have improved. Where's Katsumo.”

“He's not going anywhere right now. Why did you let me figure it out for myself and not tell me.”

Yoko couldn't tell if Zokusai knew or was getting him to tell him. `They boy is good. Fox wits trained by Sesshomaru, he'll be a force once he's older.' “What would you have gained from knowing now on your own or myself telling you earlier on but the same result.”

“Your own personal insight.”

Yoko smiled on the inside. `You are trying to bait me Zokusai, this will be interesting. I haven't done this with you since you were around five and you got flustered easily from losing to me all the time... Perhaps now because your mother is here…' “My own personal insight that you could have asked your mother on or someone who's older than yourself that you travel with. Why did you not ask earlier.”

“It's a, personal subject and I did not want to cause any discomfort to Mom. I know how well she hears but even if she doesn't claim us she has Mother senses that chime in at times.”

“Very true. So you were looking for a time for myself alone.”

“You are my father, she is my mother, I would come to you.”

“I wanted you to have time to think of it on your own, if I had told you you wouldn't have understood everything as if you coming to it on your own, as long as your conclusions are accurate.”

Zokusai nodded. “To be honest… You know how Nijuu gets random thoughts in his head because even with all of the training everyone puts him through he's still untrained… He was looking at you for a long enough time and told me that you didn't want Mom as your mate any longer but thought it was a bad dream he had with his eyes open. The fool didn't know but I figured it out with you and Mom having no interaction, your depression and other, obstacles that normally wouldn't inhibit you, father.”

Yoko spoke. “This is what Nijuu thought.”

“Yes.”

Yoko nodded. “Well done Zokusai. Fifteen years has given you time to improve on your other skills.”

“I am a fox father now tell me the truth.”

“First games aside, did Nijuu truly think that.”

Zokusai growled. “He's a fool of course not. He knows something is wrong but is too caught up with deer and bunnies to take the time to find out.”

“We're no longer, mates.”

Zokusai nodded. “All I wanted to know. I'm not apologizing for the intrusion if it is one.”

“Why aren't you talking to your mother though. You two had a bond that didn't need words, it only amplified it.”

Zokusai looked down. “That's all my fault. It started slightly before she turned human and… I had asked a question and I didn't like her answer and yes I'm usually understanding… But then I cursed her dead son and she just backed down almost submissive to me. And I did apologize profusely and she said it was fine…And when I talked to her when she was human, more so she came to me I just wanted to leave… And I know I messed up but, I, can't…”

Yoko nodded. “You still have time-“

The walls shook. “-GD bastard shut the fuck up!”

Zokusai smiled some at his father. “Yusuke really likes Raizen sama I see.”

Yoko smirked. “Likewise. Tell me this Zokusai why did you first go to Sesshomaru to be trained. Was it because of me or another reason.”

“When I was six I first started going on weekends when you and Yusuke would go into Makai and said we weren't old enough yet or something. I remember being in his home, and him training me when I was a toddler. And not fighting, a different type. So I went back and asked why he cared about us though Nijuu was too busy playing the entire time. And he told me I reminded him of my mother in a way I wouldn't understand, that you would be lax on me and I should come back to him for training. He didn't demand it but left it up to me, and I wanted to be trained and be strong enough to kill those who killed my mother… And he looked after me, taught me stuff you never did and I didn't know I needed…Even if he was stricter than anything anywhere and wasn't hugs and smiles… It felt good being around him and I looked up to him. Which is why it hurt so much when he didn't tell me my mother was alive-“

“-Son of a bastard I told you to shut up!”

Yoko smiled at him. “You have no need to apologize…Though, perhaps we should leave before the yelling this loudly commences again.”

`'You don't need to wallow but be strong and get out of it and be ready to fight when the time comes. Just keep distanced from the fox.”

Kagome sighed sitting on a wall outside of the structure. She wasn't about to be in the happy go lucky wilderness scene, made her want to vomit. But she was better off, right?

“Ask the fire demon.”

Kagome blinked and shook her head. She had never called Hiei the fire demon in her own mind. Bastard, jack ass, prick, shoventish, ass, twit, hot head, Hiei, but never fire demon, he's not. Knowing she had lost it she decided to listen to herself, got up and went to the roof seeing Hiei looking off at the side. He spoke as she walked up to him.

“Your son's a fool, but everyone already knew that. He let a rabbit escape him.”

`Why did I come up here? Ask him what? I'm even more confused.' “Another reason why I don't claim him. Why are you up here.”

Hiei continued looking forward. Yoko knew he still loved her, and Hiei knew even if they weren't mated that taking Kagome as his would get him killed. He would never have her, but he couldn't stop thinking about her as a love.

“I'm not going into the meadow and the demons inside are strange to me.”

“Am I bothering your piece.”

“No.”

Kagome sat down looking off next to him. She hadn't been this close to Hiei in a long time. She couldn't balance out her yoki with him, his wasn't even that stable. She dragged an ice dagger across her arm knowing he didn't like it, no one did, but only Yoko and Yusuke could help her out with it, and both were unattainable to her. She stopped after a while taking in a breath. She'd be okay. Once this was over. And then she'd disappear… Maybe she was supposed to ask him that. She spoke a few days later after he came back to the roof.

“If I were to ask you of something in the near future, do you think you might say yes.”

Hiei looked at her. “What are you planning.”

“Would you say yes.”

“Hn.”

Kagome sat on the edge of the roof after eating something. And she had gone into the happy forest and thought back on it.

And she had cried. She hated crying. It showed weakness. And she knew exactly why she cried. Because she knew where she wanted to be and couldn't be there. With him. Whom she loved.

`I don't mean to hurt you, but… Never did I ever think that I'd even find love, much less have to refute-` Kagome punched a tree causing the song birds to flee it. “No…I'm sorry-“

Kagome stopped, looked up and saw a flash of white disappear, and what she knew were eight tails behind it. She cried for a bit longer and stopped letting her thoughts take her once more.

`Why am I even doing this any more when I just want this to end. How can I make it end? What? Kill some demons and pray no one else gets the idea I'm screwed what am I supposed to do?'

“You do have the shikkon no tama. You can end this, what what's been aside of you all of this time.”

Kagome looked ahead leaning on a tree. “Make a wish.”

Thinking back on it on the roof top she didn't know if it was a good idea or not. Her thoughts had been so jumbled as of late, but she always was jumbled, so it didn't make a difference. It was her, she was screwed even in her thoughts. But there was one thing she knew she had to do. Because she did love him. She waited for a few hours and spoke seeing Hiei sitting on the opposite end of the roof. She stood, walked, and sat directly next to him getting his attention.

“Would you leave with me?”

Yusuke yelled, flustered, hungry, and extremely pist. “What the fuck do you mean shit head?”

Raizen spoke looking at him. “Thick skull and hard of hearing. I said I stopped eating humans once I found out I knocked one up. An ally said he sensed something of me near by and looked seeing something mainly human, and that was about six hundred years after I fucked the woman. I didn't want to accidentally eat something of mine-“

Yusuke sent another jakai shot at him and started punching, still unable to get though. “-fucking sick bastard you ate humans! What the hell why'd you fuck one if you wanted to eat her!”

Raizen laughed enjoying himself. “Crass bad ass. Stupid fuck up! What you would have rather been dead or non existent in the first place? You weren't born full blood fool what if I had eaten your bastard of a mother-“

Yusuke kicked through the barrier, his energy inside causing the chair to crumble then the pieces to turn into dust as he yelled in his face. “-My mother was a lot of things but one thing she never was was a bastard ass hole!”

Raizen stood, taller than Yusuke by a head and smirked. “I'm standing.” He saw Yusuke blink and laughed. “Fool. And three weeks in this place with about two days sleep and you still can't use the damn power I gave you, even if you are that pissed off for some human.” He shook his head. “Ask what you want boy I've already waisted too much time on you and I'm sure your idoitc `travel companions' have thought I've killed you by now. At least you can go this long without food without passing out and still having the same pathetic amount of energy you came with about.”

Yusuke closed his eyes, pist, but knew if he even tried to attack the demon before him he'd be in a word of pain before he could unflex his muscle. “I'm looking for the two youkai, Chenja and Akumu, the ones trying to undo everything with magic their way. Also the human hybrid thing Hiroth we're looking for, and Sesshomaru.”

Raizen smirked at him. “Forgetting anything boy?”

“Fuck you and no.”

“Forgetting something someone you've come across told you to ask and you wanted to say if I didn't turn out to be `too bad of a bastard'.”

Yusuke kept his eyes closed. “Stay the fuck out of my mind.”

“When you can keep me out of your mind then I'll stay out but until then or you decide to stay for some more intense training I'm in your head-“

Yusuke looked at him yelling. “-Bastard you called this training?!”

Raizen glared at him. “I was not in here with you for this long for my own benefit fool.” He saw Yusuke close his eyes. “Before I answer your questions you will come back within the next seventy five years and stay for an extended period of time and be trained. Is that understood.”

Yusuke looked at him gritting his teeth. “Yes.”

“Good. You can even bring your little wife if she's not pushing daisies by that time. Now what was your message for me. I'm not in your head all of the time fool.”

“Totosai the blacksmith said hello and stop by before another thousand years pass or some bull.”

Raizen smiled. “Wasn't that difficult now was it. First question, Chenja and the hanyou nightmare demon, they're up north after the furthest island the dogs claim. Fools probably don't even know. Magic around it so I'm sure you're not that much of a fool to understand you might not be able to just walk in on it. Second question, Hiroth's on a border land between the west and east towards the middle of it. Third question, Sesshomaru's heading for that area now and when he's done the dog'll go to one of his ningenkai homes in the same area. Now go to sleep since I'm kicking your ass out the moment you wake up again.”

Yusuke gave him a look. “Fuck I ain't sleeping in this place-“

Raizen hit Yusuke on the back of his neck letting him fall to the ground and shook his head. “Fool.”

Katsumo lounged around. Zokusai was true to his word, he wasn't and hadn't let him find out anything. And now the lot of them, minus Kagome and Hiei which was normal, stood in the main room. The human looking people had told them to get ready to leave-

“Idiot is even more of a fool if you children are who he hangs around with.”

Yoko turned seeing who could only be Raizen leaning against a railing on the upper floor. “Where's Uremeshi at.”

“He'll wake up in a few minutes. You're the only one with some sense then. Kitsune as old as you and your kind are always getting themselves killed doing something idiotic. Why you're hanging around a fool I suppose. Make sure fool eats something when you leave, stupid boy probably wouldn't do that either.” He opened his hand that was balled under his chin. “As well I left this Valkarie was failing at being stealth in my own home, with you?” He shook his head. “Spirit fox are you an idiot as well or do you not know if the Valkarie is with you or not speak.”

“The Valkarie isn't with our group. Do you mind if I take it from you.”

Raizen tossed the green bean sized create and saw Yoko catch it. “Fool's finally awake-“

“-You GD bastard-“ Yusuke jumped in front of him yelling in his face.
“-shut the fuck up ash hole!”

Raizen smirked at him. “Fool. Get out of this estate now.”

Yusuke didn't move. “The fuck should I fuck head-“

“-because I told you to fool. Now.”

Yusuke cursed loudly walking off slamming the doors open and continued on. He stopped in the middle of the meadow, cursed loudly and waited for the rest to catch up.

“Where the fuck are those two at.”

Shuichi noticed Yusuke's aurora was flaring, enraged, pist, more than he had ever seen him before in his life. And he was wearing clothing that he wore similar to the dark tournament. He wasn't sure if asking what happened would ever be acceptable.

“Yusuke…There was a Valkarie found in the estate-“

“-explain to me what a Valkarie is then so I know what the hell you're talking about.”

Shuichi was worried about things now. “Fairies of the sort, though this type… Varies. Yoko's waking her now.”

A small winged woman woke inhaling pollen coughing some finding herself tied down with grass and looked around speaking knowing they could all hear her.

“Un bind me now! How dare you do this to me!”

Yoko had a fear in his instinct. `What if…' “Why type of Valkarie are you.”

The fairy flittered around. “Why should I tell you anything? What are you going to do kill me-“

Yusuke shoved Yoko and Shuichi aside and squatted getting in her face. “-Woman if you don't answer every one of his GD questions I will make your life hell until I tire of hearing your cries and eat you wing by wing limb by skin.”

The fairy was incredibly scared. “Yes sama.”

Yusuke growled at her. “Good.” He stood. “Talk.”

Yoko knew not to even say anything about Yusuke and knelt in front of her again with Shuichi. “What type of Valkarie are you.”

She sighed. “I'm a thought Valkarie.”

Yoko spoke quickly. “How long have you been following us.”

“Since you started to travel with the Toushin-“

“-and since then who have you been targeting and saying what.”

The fairy sighed. “The fire and ice woman. Akumu told me to find her and make her think that you two shouldn't be mates any longer because you were just using her as a pet that you found interesting and wanted to keep around. That the little male of your group was the only one who wasn't using her or hated her and form a small trust with the fire and ice male so that they could leave the group and find Akumu on their own. As her own voice she also is supposed to ditch the little male as soon as he can get her to Akumu, fight them on her own where she'll win by deception. Akumu and the other guy he's with are staging it so that she'll think she win. And the last thing I said as her own conscious was that she was to make a wish on the jewel as the only way you'd forgive her for what she's done to you. I don't know anything else really-”

Yoko was scared, clearly. “-how long ago did she leave.”

“I'd say…-“

Yoko barked at her causing her to let out a shout. “-When did she leave!”

“At dawn!”

Shuichi saw Yoko turn into his fox form and take off running and was out of sight in seconds. Yusuke spoke to Zokusai, getting him to stop, and held Nijuu crying some, from leaving.

“Don't. We'll run after soon.” He looked to Shuichi letting out a sigh. “Anything else.”

“One more thing, it's a theory I have. What's your name.”

“Shi.”

Shuichi quickly snapped the Valkarie's neck and nodded. Yusuke spoke. He could be angry at everything later.

“We're moving quickly so Shuichi either you hop on a fox or head back to Ningenkai now- Better yet take Shio back to Ningenkai and if I catch you in here I'll send you both back myself.”

Katsumo ran, quicker than when with the two balds by far almost at his max speed. He wondered why his father didn't send him back as well. Unless he put out a ton of energy Nijuu and Zokusai could keep up just fine, infact they weren't strained at all in their `true' forms. He just didn't have the energy his father did, and by all of his rage now has clearly gone up. But he didn't complain, he didn't stop, and he would make his father proud even if his grandfather didn't even want to look him in the eye. He looked up seeing the sun set.

`For you Dad.'

Kagome sat with a small smile on her face. She hadn't felt this free in a while. She looked over to her left seeing Hiei taking advantage of the time like she should and was asleep, next to her, both in a tree. It was the first time they had stopped in three days, and it was only for five hours. Eat, sleep, keep running. And they were running and quickly. She knew Hiei was faster than her and let her set the pace, but he helped push her. And she hadn't tired out yet. She shook her head.

“You should be sleeping the entire time.”

“A lot on my mind…Honestly I didn't think you'd say yes.” She looked at him looking at her. “But I don't regret it.”

He smirked. “You have a destination in mind.”

“We're not going to look for Sesshomaru, since we have no idea where he is…One of his sons will know and has to tell me, because they know I have to do whatever he says to me.”

“You're his slave.”

“Basically.”

“Where.”

“Ningenkai Tokyo. We're almost there.”

“Why did you really leave the rest.”

“Just, something I had to do,” she looked at Hiei. “and even though you can't speak too many syllables most of the time, you're who I trust.” She pushed off and took of in a run not giving him time to think.

Yusuke sat down eating. He supposed he had been starved for quite some time, but… Hunger wasn't important apparently. He could function just fine without eating every day, every four days…Three weeks. He'd have to ask the old man when he came back how often he truly had to eat.

`You only have to eat to maintain these energy levels, peak, one a year. You just like feeding yourself fool.'

Yusuke punched a tree shouting. “Shut the fuck up geezer!”

Nijuu had quickly ate and returned. “Uhm Yusuke-“

“-if you don't shut up-“

“-no! I mean-“ he handed him something. “Shuichi quickly gave this to me before we ran off.”

Yusuke unrolled the leaf reading it quickly. `Writes quick on plants.' “Yusuke. There is more to this than you or I know of right now. What I do know is that something dreadfully awful will happen to Kagome if she does or anyone makes a wish on the jewel, something we don't know but Yoko does. HE wouldn't tell me. As well Kagome had told Yoko when they were in the hall at Maramaru's place that `And if this doesn't work out we find him, her and do this the longer way' word from word. I asked the Valkarie her name on the assumption, that, since we haven't seen the other part of the long way that something was not obvious. Her name was Shi. She. The her to be found of the plan. I know not if Hiroth is the him but be on watch.

As well Yoko as you know is determined when it comes to Kagome and unless he is injured will not stop and won't have to stop until he finds her. And he is determined. If he runs into no problems you will not catch him with the children. Either leave them to catch up and hope they can survive on their own, send them to Ningenkai or send Nijuu and Katsumo back and go after. Shuichi.”

Nijuu looked at him. “I want to find my Mom please let me Yusuke. I'll run for a month straight if I'm able to.”

Yusuke looked at him and spoke. “Zokusai, Katsumo.” He spoke seeing them quickly come. “Katsumo go back to Ningenkai and stay with Shuichi. If I see you here, sense you or think of it you will have hell.”

Katsumo was angry but knew to hold it in. “Yes father.”

“Now.” He waited for a few moments for him to leave. “Shuichi wrote this too quickly and didn't think all the way through. Zokusai you can track but if Yoko is that far ahead Nijuu you will track his spirit. We're not going to stop for a long time so I suguest you both sleep for two hours-“

Nijuu spoke looking at him. “-we can go now Toushin.”

He nodded, stood, and took off running. He saw no one following then quickly saw a silver/white fox and a black one at his sides. He looked ahead and continued on.

Yoko was running faster than he had ever in his entire existence and didn't think he'd tire ever. He hadn't been able to feel her soul as he once had been able to ever since he told himself to try to come to terms with her decision, because he did not want to force anything on her, even him loving her. But the entire time…he didn't know if it was one thought, twenty or all of them, but what was going through her head, what had been, wasn't her. The first time they were pulled apart and she died, killing herself because of him. And he swore to her, to himself that he would never let her die again. Kill herself because of something like this he had sworn to protect her and she was off to wish herself out of existence because she was falsely thinking it was the right thing to do?

`How could you ever think that you not existing would make me happy, help me. I don't want to be set free from you Kagome I just want to love you and I'm sorry that I continue to fail you, that I didn't notice when you started to mumble to yourself that I couldn't speak up that I couldn't call you mate to your face that I might have given that cursed Valkaire the fuel in the first place to plot these thoughts of deception into your mind. For you to believe you actually wanted to push me away, that I would ever keep you as a pet… I love you.'

Yoko saw Sesshomaru in the distance walking towards the human hybrid waiting for him and barked to prevent him from going in to fight. Though he had no doubt that Sesshomaru would avail he had no time to waist, even it be one minute. He saw Sesshomaru turn towards him as he ran back onto two legs.

“Fox why isn't your mate with you.”

Yoko looked at him. “Kagome never came to see you- Tell me which northern island is where Akumu and Chenja are-“

Sesshomaru picked him up by the neck. “-hold your tongue. Explain yourself kit.”

“A Valkarie has tricked Kagome and she runs to Chenja now Akumu now to kill them and make a wish on the jewel.”

Sesshomaru quickly dropped Yoko looking off. “She'll undo herself- How far ahead is she to you fox.”

“Fifteen hours. I overheard where the near location is she does not know-“

Yoko looked off seeing Sesshomaru take off in a run, quickly ran in his fox form abandoning Hiroth whose energy he sense rise quickly. He didn't like the turn of events…But Yoko was currently running as fast as he could, and could not keep up with Sesshomaru. He had seen a glimmer of his eyes when he said so. So either Sesshomaru was leading him to who Kagome went to ask, or to the demons themselves. Either way, he wouldn't be stopping any time soon. He just prayed he could track Sesshomaru once he got too far ahead of him.

Kagome had ran up to the front of the large traditional house in the country side and was now standing inside with Hiei, next to him, waiting. She didn't know when they left from Raizen's place or even if they had already. She was glad she knew about how the barrier on the place worked, otherwise she might not of ever found the time to leave. Another white haired demon, with light green markings and slightly darker amber eyes came down the steps wearing traditional clothing and spoke.

“Where is the rest of your traveling group wench.”

“I thought it best not to bombard your house sama with so many. The rest are slightly behind and look to catch up to us.”

Hiei was impressed. `She knew she had to slightly tell the truth or he'd find the lie.'

“Then why are you here.”

“Yamagamaru sama I still follow the orders of lord Sesshomaru and seek to destroy those who wish to do so to me. I ask for their location.”

“The third island north of the main lands. There is a magic barrier of the sorts surrounding it, though it is visible.” He walked. “Come wench there is a portal that will take you to his son's estate and you will not have much farther.”

Kagome followed Yamagamaru outside wondering how powerful Sesshomaru was if he either controlled portals, could make them, or just had access to them. She went inside finding herself indeed just on the outside of the forest surrounding the estate looking in. She gave a nod to Hiei and started running again. She noticed Hiei take the lead about a day later and stop later.

“We're there.”

Kagome nodded though she couldn't see, she trusted him. She didn't want to think about what she was going to do, or she might not. She was scared… But she was going to set things right.

“I can't see it.”

“The barrier is in front of your face. We have to find a way inside-“

Kagome hit Hiei on the back of his head swiftly knocking him out. She hid him in a tree, felt a flicker of energy and figured the barrier had opened up some for her and walked inside seeing a seemingly abandoned miniature castle as she continued to walk sensing the barrier form itself again behind her.

Zokusai, still running on all fours, growled some. Nijuu thought to Yusuke.

`My Dad's not running west any longer he's going north. And really fast.'

Yusuke spoke changing their direction. “Can you two go faster.”

Nijuu spoke after Zokusai growled. `Yes sir.'

Yusuke ignored the sir and sped up some more. “If he's saying stuff why can't he just use physic stuff like you and tell me.”

Nijuu spoke while Zokusai growled where Yusuke couldn't hear. `I'm not physic and neither is my father. Spirit foxes can communicate to the soul which is what I'm doing to you- Zokusai said Sesshomaru's running with him.'

“What the hell…How far ahead are they to us.”

`Four hours and only making the gap large. Toushin sir you're a lot faster than us and you can catch up to our father and we want to be there, but before my Mother does something she shouldn't. Besides you're a lot more powerful than we are and now that you know where you're going it won't be a problem.'

Yusuke nodded, he could tell that was all Nijuu. “Fine. Go to Shuichi.”

`Uh… Where's a portal around here?'

“East for two minutes go now.” Yusuke smirked seeing the two drop off to a trot and nodded as he ran far faster than before. `Old man let's see if what you say really holds true or not.'

Kagome entered through the front doors seeing a large room, dusty, plain. Knowing to be extremely on guard she shook her head briefly closed her eyes and saw Chenja emerge from a back room.

“Where's the other one.”

Chenja looked at her. “The other one as you so deemed him won't be able to attend our little meeting. To be honest he got side tracked with Toushin and I told him that he wouldn't even be needed for something as trival as you.” He raised his energy. “So it's just you and me.”

Kagome noticed blood dripping from his back and created an ice ball and threw it at him quickly testing a theory. Seeing Chenja sluggish to move away she quickly threw another at his chest, ran up to him slicing him down and kicked him aside. Yusuke really had gotten to the both of them. She quickly went over to him hassling for breath thanking the opportunity and kicked him in the head hearing a crack. She looked down not seeing any movement then walked away from him. She stared down at herself for some time before she lifted her shirt up and cut into the old scar on her hip, the original resting place for the jewel. After a growl digging deep into herself she cleaned off the glistening pure jewel.

And it was still pure, there were no signs of it being tainted, no darkness whatsoever. Figuring it a blessing she knelt in a prayer position, said a prayer and closed her eyes.

`Midoriko, pure soul of the tama. Hear my prayer, aid my request…. I have a wish to make, and I wish…'

Yoko saw Sesshomaru in the distance, only because he had stopped. He went back to upright form seeing him with a sword in hand that had a dull blade as the other hand was getting sizzled resting on an invisible barrier. With one stroke of the sword a blue arch of energy came out of it tearing down the barrier. But his eyes widened, Yoko's as well upon their senses as soon as it completely faded. An arch of raw pure energy that quickly settled down slightly.

Sesshomaru spoke. “She makes her wish.” He took off running. “Fox hurry if you still wish for her life.”

`I…I wish for…I wish for…'

Kagome smiled with a tear running down her face as her black and red hair blew around violently with the tama's power raging in a quiet storm. Thinking back, her life could have been worse as a human. She did manage to survive. And her time in the past could never be replaced. She had made good friends, one who was still living today and very old. And she had her first love, unrequited none the less but still love. Which helped prepare her for her true love. And she didn't want to lose that, memories. Those times were over, but they weren't gone. She didn't want to forget what happened. She'd never have them again, but considering what she was… She had a good life and didn't care what happened afterwards.

“I wish for nothing.”

Kagome let out a whimper feeling the energy starting to swirl around violently, yet she was not harmed. The tama glowed in her hands calmly and she looked down at it seeing two things, spirits, moving around in opposite directions. She didn't notice anything around her, everything was calm, quiet, as if the outside world to her didn't exist. She had a small smile on her face, she could almost feel it beginning to work.

Yoko ran through the doors with Sesshomaru and immediately took a step back. Pure energy was flowing around Kagome, still in a kneeling position. Yoko shouted after her.

“Kagome do not do this! Stop!”

Sesshomaru looked at her. “She can't hear you.” His eyes widened some. “She made a pure wish, the tama hasn't been corrupted by her being demon.”

Yoko noticed Sesshomaru's eyes glance some and turned, unable to get much closer without being purified when he noticed Hiei with a small trickle of blood down his neck next to him. He looked at Hiei shouting.

“Why won't you stop her fool!”

Yoko growled. “I can't get any closer-“

Chenja quickly snapped his head up from the ground waking up.
“-Reitouzoku now!”

Yoko's eyes widened in realization and quickly felt a small shift in energy, a soul die, and the smell of blood. He turned seeing Hiei behind Sesshomaru with his sword deeply embedded through his side almost half way, and as quickly as he did so abandoning the sword he ran to where Kagome knelt getting burned coming inside of the barrier and grasped onto her hands.

Kagome opened her eyes noticing a hand on her and saw Hiei before her and looked at him. “Hiei?”

He deviously smiled at her. “Hiei's dead woman.” His eyes narrowed. “And this wish is mine I wish for the original plan of Akumu, Reitouzoku, Ganban, and Chenja to be realized now!”

Kagome's eyes widened. “No-“

Kagome let out a chocking sound as Hiei-Reitouzoku let go of the tama jumping back out of the pure energy. And the rest looked on seeing the energy, the tama, go from pure and serine to dark, defiled, and tainted. Kagome made another chocking noise as the energy kicked up again violently. She soon let out a cry feeling energy leave a gash through her back, blood pouring. And another shout having energy from the tainted tama cut through her chest, her legs, her arms. Kagome cried out with a scream feeling the energy intensify again with black swirls around her, tears pouring down her face as she felt herself being torn apart in every single possible way imaginable before there was nothing left of her body and soul.

Yoko starred onto the scene seeing nothing left of the area save singed ground. Not even the tama was still there.

`She was going to live, set herself free from everything. But it became tainted because of his wish-`

Yoko looked up eyes red at Hiei. “What are you.”

Hiei-Reitouzoku laughed some, blood trickling down his body, purifying slowly. “It was Hiei for the longest. When you and your little Toushin killed Koenma's body and soul I knew Rekai would be a miss and attached myself to the hybrid's spirit. And when Enma sent him back into his body by mistake I was right there with him. And you, him, and no one else knew because I kept myself hidden.” He laughed aloud. “And now his soul is dead,” he dropped to his knees. “and I leave this body before it kills my own. You lose Kurama.”

Hiei's body dropped to the ground as the purification took over from the first pure wish and left only ashes. Chenja stood with a smirk.

“A spirit fox without the love of his life and one of if not the most powerful demon in existence on his knees profusely bleeding.” HE smiled. “things couldn't have turned out better had I done them. And to think, the bitch actually kept the jewel pure and made a pure wish.” He laughed. “That will never be realized.”

Yoko growled at him. Sesshomaru took the sword out of him and stood, growling looking at Chenja, and now Akumu, who stood next to him.

“Did Reitouzoku do it.”

“It's done.”

Akumu looked at Sesshomaru, now looking at him, and unsheathed his own sword. “You may want blood for many things spirit fox but this battle isn't for you. Toushin is approaching.” He saw Sesshomaru take out his own blade. “You should leave while you have the chance.”

Sesshomaru attacked at Akumu with Tokijin both swords clashing together. Yoko was about to fight Chenja, needing to kill or be killed right about now when he noticed it. Chenja wasn't looking at him, but past him as a voice spoke.

“Yoko shit happened, I don't know what, but Chenja is mine.” Yusuke smirked letting his aurora flow around him. “And trust me right about now you don't want to mess with me.”

Sesshomaru was pushed back seeing the doors close behind the spirit fox and punched the nightmare hanyou in his throat. He fought to keep his eyes from fully seeing red. He needed to keep control. He was fine with Kagome making a pure wish, even though he had told her not to wish at all. And enraged when Reitouzoku took it all away from her. The injury to his body was hindering him, but he was Sesshomaru, and nothing short of death and possible not even that with Tensagiua could hinder him. A small smile crept upon his face. He would take much enjoyment in killing Akumu, because he and Chenja both didn't realize something that apparently only he knew.

Yusuke was annoyed as he fought Raizen. He had fought bullies, principals, authority figures who thought he was worthless, his drunk ass mother, Kieko even at times- Everyone in his damned life and the few people that had never done shit against him, judged him, were now dead.

`Grandma died believing in me and all I did then was get my ass beat and crawled out alive. Hiei finally opens up and called me a friend once in his shit life and gets a damn spirit to push his out killing him and destroys any chance of him coming back. Kuwabara's human ass who's been my rival until I figured out what the fuck spirit energy was still taunted me and was a great friend until a stupid fucking disease comes and kills him. How the hell are you supposed to fight something no one can see or has heard of! I couldn't help him either! And Kagome's been tortured all her GD life and I can't even be a friend to her and she's dead again!'

He decked Raizen and kicked him severely in the head. `Damnit all I want to do is live with Kieko away from all of this shit but it follows me and takes me away from her! And she's human! She's going to be dead soon I don't have a damn moment to spare-`

“Fool! Get out of your day dream of killing me for your fight is not with your old man!”

Yusuke shouted after kicking Raizen in the head again getting ontop of him beating him into the ground. “You shut the fuck up this is your GD fault I didn't want your fucking blood in me! I'm supposed to be human!” he punched his head in. “And I just cracked your stupid skull how are you still alive?”

Raizen glared at him. “Idiot. You've been hitting a dead body for the past five minutes I'm in your head.” He smiled. “Don't even know who you fought did you. Fool.”

Yusuke blinked holding his head looking around the room, then what he was ontop of and growled. The only reason he could tell it was Chenja was because of the smell of his blood. His head was beaten so far into the ground and the rest of his body was destroyed that he wouldn't have known other wise.

`And you would have just let me continue to beat a dead body you sick fuck…Laugh it up.'

He looked around again noticing other blood stains, Akumu, and Sesshomaru, but didn't see either of them. He went outside seeing Yoko standing with his head down next to Sesshomaru, who was breathing slowly, who turned to him after some time.

“I trust you've finished with Chenja.”

Yusuke growled. “Very much so. And of Akumu.”

Sesshomaru growled. “He fled with mortal wounds. He, might live.”

“What happened.”

“The fire and ice male had the spirit of Reitouzoku housed inside of his body. When he entered seeing that Kagome had made a pure wish and would be set free of the jewel and allowed to live Reitouzoku killed the spirit of the fire and ice male and grabbed the jewel making his own wish, then fled the body letting it die. But his wish was never actualized. Kagome had already made hers. Instead of being allowed to live from the pure wish, his tainted one destroyed her, body and soul, and no wish was made.”

“So since it was a pure wish that became tainted…What's to become of her then.”

“I don't know.” He walked off. “Take the fox with you.”

Yusuke looked at Yoko, seeing him empty and put a hand on his back and after about an hour eventually got him to walk. He sat with him at the house figuring Shuichi would be taking the children back after some time, but did want to speak to him alone.

“Yoko…You know she just wanted you happy and it is messed up that things turned out like this, again, but…”

Yoko looked straight down. “She's gone for good this time, I know.”

Yusuke sighed. He hadn't known for sure but wasn't putting it past a magical jewel that seemingly could not be destroyed.

“Kieko's coming back. Shuichi called her before Nijuu and Zokusai went to him. So Katsumi'll be here soon.” He looked up. “And sooner than later there's a taxi in the distance.”

Yusuke stood greeting the taxi and Souta, all smiles and make up covered giving him a hug. He smiled some figuring Souta couldn't tell but Kieko could see right through it. After Kieko paid the driver and Yusuke unloaded the trunk she looked at him and lowered her head.

“She died again, didn't she.”

Yusuke hugged Kieko holding the baby. “Never got a chance.”

It was quiet for a while. “Is, Yoko…”

He shook his head. “Before he said he could still feel something from her, but now he told me she's not coming back. I don't know of him having three children to take care of'll be good enough for him to want to live, especially if this little one turns out looking like her.”

Kieko looked up at Yusuke. “Can, I let Katsumi see her Dad?”

Yusuke nodded as Kieko set down the black and white haired fox eared one tail girl in a baby kimono and pushed her lightly. She stood up, six months old around, and walked up to her father fighting through the grass and yipped in front of him.

Yoko looked down seeing the little girl all smiles, oblivious to what was going on around her, picked her up, held her, and let one tear run down his face as he looked on. He wanted to be with her soul, but had to wait a little longer. One look at her…He couldn't leave her too. He had a daughter, without a mother. He was a father. He closed his eyes.

`I'll find you again, mate.'

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:p Anyway that's over. I didn't really like this part of the series too much but honestly after I finished writing each one… I always had an idea for the next. And as you can see the third story in the series already has its first chapter posted. I said they weren't going to be short! Hope you enjoyed. Let me know if you did. Laters.