InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Prophecy ❯ Chapter 16 ( Chapter 16 )

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Title: Forbidden Prophecy

Authoress: FluffysGurl3249

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha and or Yu Yu Hakusho, would I be writing these petty fanfictions! Nope!

Authors Note: Yay! Someone cares about me failing! lol. Don't worry, my test gardes make up for my classwork and homework grades. My bed time is 11:30 so I have about 3 hours to write my story and spell check it. Yayness! It all works out! Oh, and read my profile because I might not be able to write for awhile (I'm not going to be grounded, I hope. But my mamma might change her mind >/ ) So heres 16 (thats the chap, right?), hope you all enjoy this! And the brownies I gave yall last chap!

:Chapter 16, I saved a Baby Squirrel! (Not the real title. Can't think of a real title):

:Hmmm... How about We start off with Sango and the group?:

Sango looked at the bear youkai with a bit of distaste. The thing had only been here a day and already it had nearly eaten all the food. "Mwraahh.â€¦" The Bear whined. "Does it have a name?" Kuwabara asked. "Smelly." Yusuke joked.

Kirara was constantly seen with the little cub, so they weren't surprised to see her curl up next to it. "Now Yusuke." Puriti glared. "How about Kanmi?" Botan suggested. Sango nodded. Kurama fashioned the leash back on the Kanmi's collar and they set of once more.

It was near noon by now and they hadn't found a single shard or demon. "AIIIIEEE!!!!" Whoops. Spoke too soon. "Stupid girl! Give it to me!" They all rushed towards the noise, Kanmi trying to get ahead. "Let me go!" A girl hollered. "Why should I?" Sango hurried up.

"Gross!" Yusuke shouted. A huge green scaly and slimy demon was trying to snatch a bag out of a girl's hand, and was failing. "Let go!" She shouted. Sango gritted her teeth and aimed Haraikotsu(sp?) at the demon. She grunted as the heavy object flew out of her arms and towards the demon. It cut through the scaly flesh with a dull 'thud' sound. "Wench!" The demon yelled and dusted away.

Sango and Kurama ran over to the girl. "Are you okay?" Sango asked hurriedly. The girl nodded dumbly, looking at the huge boomerang that had landed where Sango just was. Kanmi sniffed the girl and snuggled by her side. The girl giggled. "Who are you?" She asked Sango and Kurama. "I'm Sango." Sango smiled. "And I'm Kurama." Kurama introduced the rest of the group. "I'm Epiphany." She told them, petting Kanmi.

"Why was that demon trying to take your bag?" Kurama asked. Epiphany shrugged. "Because he was a demon and thought he could." She replied coldly. Her face suddenly went void of all emotion. "He killed my family." She spat. Puriti kneeled down next to the girl. "It's A'right. My only child was killed as well." She said softly. Epiphany sniffled a bit and clamed down, all the while stroking Kanmi's head. Kurama smiled.

"How would you like to have this cub? He asked. Epiphany looked down at Kanmi and brightened up. "Really?" She asked. Epiphany looked at Kurama and he nodded. "His name is Kanmi." Sango told her. "He's really lovable." Botan added. Kirara walked up to Kanmi and Epiphany. "Hiya kitty." Epiphany petted Kirara and Kirara mewed. Almost as if she was saying, 'Yup. She'll do.'

:Kirara's POV:

I accepted the girl, though they didn't know. I tensed when Kanmi pulled me into a literal, Bear Hug. I started purring. 'Looks like this goodbye.' I thought. Barley knew the cub, and he was gone.

Kanmi let me go and walked away with Epiphany. "Mew!" I shouted after them. Kanmi looked back and flashed my a bear grin. I just smiled back. Looks like he wouldn't be alone after all.

:Meh POV:

Kirara jumped onto Sango's shoulder and yawned. It was only noon, but they had a busy day so far. Kirara spotted a squirrel a bit up the path and crept up on it. Everyone stopped. She pounced and everyone started walking again.

"This boring!" Yusuke shouted. Kirara hung her head down. She should've went to visit Kagome last night. She might've found another shard or two. No doubt Hiei went.

:With Hiei finally:

Hiei looked through the forest. He figured that if a tree had a jewel shard, it would stand out. But noooo.... It just couldn't be that easy. Every freaking tree looked the same! He was tempted to just go through and chop down every tree, but that would take too long.

Hiei wanted to just give up at the moment. By the time they got all the shards, it would be too late. "Heh heh..." Hiei looked up. "Who's there?" He called out. More giggling. He unsheathed his sword. "Come and find me..." It was a girl's voice. Hiei looked around. The voice was coming from all directions. "Show yourself." The voice just giggled. "I'm closer than you think..." The voice said in a sing song voice. "Lalalala...." The voice started singing. "Come out! Where are you?" He nearly shouted.

"I'll never tell..." The voice whispered (I had to do that.) and wind started up. Something told him this being had a.. no THE jewel shard he was looking for. Hiei started walking again. The wind was coming from the north.

"Lalala...." The voice kept singing. Hiei ignored it.

The trees started to thin after awhile. He knew he was getting closer to the source, because the wind starting to swirl around him faster. Hiei burst through a sudden gust of wind and was in a clearing. A single Yew tree in the middle. "Hey! No fair! You found me!" The voice said in a pouting voice.

:Kagome:

:Kag's POV:

I watched Hiei look for the tree. "I hope he's careful when he finds her." I mumbled. That girl can be tricky. I cursed lightly under my breath. Midoriko told me the history of this tree.

Planted at the beginning of me and Inuyasha's journey, by a young girl named Ymna (Yeem-Nah), the tree grew quiet rapidly. It surprised the gir land her parents' Little did they know that the tree was buried over the spot a Shikon shard had landed. When the hole was dug and the seed was planted, the shard was mixed around. As the seed grew, the jewel became implanted in the roots and gradually into the trunk of the tree.

Ymna came to find her tree had grown nearly twenty feet one day. "Mother!" She had called. When her mother came, she found her daughter wasn't there. Ymna's parent's searched for her for months. No word came.

One day the Ymna's mother went to the tree. "Theres something about you..." She muttered and ran her hand along the smooth bark.

She looked on in horror as her hand sunk into the bark as if it were nothing. She tried to pull it out, but it wouldn't budge. She tried to pull away and accidentally placed her other hand on the tree out of shear panic.

She screamed when her other hand was sucked into the tree. She kicked and screamed as she was slowly sucked into the tree. And with a pop, Ymna's mother was no more.

Now naturally, the screaming roused Ymna's father. He ran quickly to the area and found no one. A breeze blew by and the tree seemed alive a moment. "Dear?" He called out. No answer. He walked up to the tree and realized just how tall it was. It was only planted a year. This wasn't normal.

He never saw the branch reach down, and like a hand, grasped him around his waist. His eyes widened as the branch lifted him into the air. He screamed and started tugging at the branch.

It held him high above the rest of the tree and it's branches parted. Ymna's father dropped and grabbed another branch so he wouldn't fall. He tried to drop down but he was stuck.

And like his wife, and his daughter before her, he was slowly absorbed into the tree. Kicking and screaming, his life ended with a sickening pop.

I couldn't bare to see something like that happen to Hiei.

(a/n: Just a quick authors note. I'll have to stop soon. There will be a cliffy, unless I can help it. Now, please read. I don't know if I'll be able to update for a while after this.)

I watched the breeze blow around him softly. The girl, Ymna's personality was absorbed as well. Always the playful little girl, Midoriko told me. She loved riddles. I smiled. But frowned again. Her riddles were always complicated. She always asked the same one. Midoriko had been watching her and learned this.

"If a dragon lays an egg every 100 years.

How many years would it take 12 dragon's to lay 1 egg."

I knew the answer of course, it was one hundred years. But the people of this era wouldn't know that. But maybe Hiei would. I crossed my fingers and waited. (I don't own the original version of this riddle. It's from Spyro the Year of the Dragon. It's supposed to be 12 years but I changed it around.)

:Back with Hiei:

Hiei watched the tree dance in the wind. He looked at hte tree. It ddin't look special. But it was tall. A good hundred feet tall at the most. "I have what you want." The tree started. "If you answer a riddle." She finished. A riddle? Couldn't be that hard.

"Deal." The tree laughed. "As you wish. No one has ever solved it. I doubt you will.

If a dragon lays an egg every 100 years.

How many years would it take 12 dragon' to lay 1 egg." She finished and Hiei stood there a moment. He was never good with riddles (I am :D), rock, paper, scissors wasn't his specialty either. He didn't want to ask, but he did.

"Can you give me a hint?" The tree swayed a bit more. "Yes, The dragon's lay there eggs at the same time." The tree answered. well, that made things easier. Twelves dragons. Every hundred years. 12 .. 100 .. That was it! "One hundred years." Hiei answered. (This is how I figured it out lol)

The tree stood stock still. "Repeat that please?" The tree asked. Hiei smirked. "One hundred years." He answered once more. The tree started to shake with anger. "YOU CHEATED!" She screamed. Hiei just shook his head and held out hishand. The tree's leaves turned red, then yellow and the bark dried up, as if the very life was being sucked out of it. "Noo!" She screamed once more and the jewel shard shot out into the palm of Hiei's hand.

"Hn." Hiei added the jewel to the other one(s. How many does he have? lol) and walked off. There was one more. In a swamp. He sped off. It was almost sundown by now. He would have to stop soon. Well, he didn't have to. But he wanted to. Just to see Kagome.

:Sometime Later:

Exactly how far away was Sango's group? He caught there scent nearby, but that was hours ago.

The sun was going down by now and their scent was finally getting stronger. Her arrived at an old camp. They had camped here. He was close to the swamp. But it was too dark to go now. He jumped into a tree and looked around a bit. Hiei sighed and closed his eyes. It was getting easier to sleep these days. Maybe because he had something to look forward to when he did get to sleep. It wasn't long before he became aware of almost nothing.

:Kag's Home:

Hiei looked around. Where was Kagome? His eyes darted around quickly and took a step forward, when someone leapt onto his back. "Oof.." He stumbled a moment and regained his balance. "What are you doing?" Hiei asked Kagome. "Playing'." She said as she poked the back of his head.

"Hn." He sat down, Kagome falling off in the process. She crawled around to look him in the eye. "Have you ever heard of an afternoon nap?" Kagome asked him seriously. He looked at her incredulously. Kagome grinned. "Try it sometime. I don't like waiting from morning to night just to see you." Kagome yawned. "I don't sleep. I watch you and Kirara everyday." She told him. "You're near the swamp I see." She glanced into the bowl.

Kagome poked him. "Talk please." She asked. Hiei poked her back. "Stop poking me." Kagome grinned. "Fine." She stood up. "I'm hungry." She muttered. "How can you eat?" Hiei asked. She just laughed. "The same way you do. Put it in your mouth, chew and swallow. But I don't have to eat." She explained.

"Can I have a piggy back ride?" Kagome asked Hiei. "No." Kagome pouted. "Please! It's boring here! I only see once a day! Pleassse?" She gave him her best puppy dog pout. He'd have to be heartless to turn that pout down. He sighed and stood up. She had a point after all. (:D I can picture all this)

"Yay!" Kagome laughed and jumped on his back. Good thing she was only a bit taller than him. "Go horsey!" She poked him. Hiei tried to take a step forward. "You weigh too much." Hiei told her. Kagome's jaw fell open. "I'm not fat." Her bottom lip trembled slightly. Hiei panicked. "I-I didn't say you were!" He stuttered. (aww..)

Kagome smiled brightly and hugged him around his neck.

(Geeze. I need to stop this chap somewhere.)

"Now go!" She ordered. He took another step forward. "Okay. Your a bad horsey." She jumped down. "How am I a bad horsey?" He asked. "You can't take more than three steps." Kagome explained. "Sing." She ordered.

"What?" Hiei asked. First he had to give her a piggy back ride, now he has to sing? Thats where he had to draw the line. "No." Kagome realized he wouldn't sing. "I'll give you ice cream..." She offered. He shook his head. Kagome gasped. "Fine." She crossed her arms.

An awkward silence fell between the two. "I'm not gonna let you wake up for a while." Kagome told him. "Go after Kikyo next." Hiei looked at her. "Screw the swamp thing, go after her! She has about as many as Naraku!" Kagome said a bit louder. Hiei nodded.

Kagome stood up. As long as Hiei was here, she might as well make the best of it. She poked him. "Tag. Your it." Hiei looked at her. She poked him again. "TAG! Your it! Get it! I tag you run ... get it?" Kagome explained and asked. "You've never played tag." She stated flatly. "I tag you. I run. You try to tag me. I chase you." She explained once more. "Now." Kagome poked him once more. "Tag. Your it!" She waited for him to stand up before she took of running. (Yayness. lol I'm gonna have dreams about this.)

She was smarter this time. He'd tackle her if she stopped even for a moment. She glanced back and wasn't surprised to see he wasn't there. "I know what your doing." She shouted. "Hn." She heard before he tackled her once again. "How do you do that?" She asked frustrated. She laughed a few seconds later.

"Okay. Now let me up." She said. "Nope." Was the only answer she got. "Why?" "I don't want to." Kagome sighed. As fun as this may be, she didn't feel like sitting in this awkward position the whole time. "What do I have to do for you get up?" Kagome asked. Hiei smirked. Kagome's eyes widened. (Okay. NotTHAT you pervs. So hn. How am I going to write this...?)

Hiei leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss that lasted a few seconds and he stood up. Kagome was blushing slightly. He started to fade slightly and Kagome shook her head as she stood up. "Oh no. He's staying for an hour this time." Hiei and Kagome sat down for a little while in silence. There wasn't anything to talk about anymore. After what happened, everything seem a bit.. awkward. Kagome glanced over at her silent friend and the butterflies in her stomach stirred lightly.

Okay. I g2g to bed. G'night.

*EDIT* I hate this chapter. I feel stupid when I think about the ending. Which I happen to think about every freaking day! And sorry for my MediaMiner fans that I haven't update in exactly 5 damned months. I quit FanFiction.net. Everything there was so.. 'n00bish' as someone once called it. I edited the last part of this chapter. It's a teeny bit longer. Well, I have 1 or 2 more chapters to add and (I edited this chapter as well) edit. Ttyl