InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Not So Young Anymore ❯ Chapter 6,This Is Your Life; Switchfoot ( Chapter 6 )

Disclaimer: Yeah right, I totally own InuYasha and YuYu Hakusho. Just like I'm a millionaire with Hugh Jackman as my sugar daddy and am a single child. Right, and if you believe that then you are completely insane and should be put in a mental institute. I do not own them no matter how much I want to. There.

 

+Youko+

/Kurama to Youko/

+Hiei to Kurama/Youko+

 

-+-+-+ Chapter 6,This Is Your Life; Switchfoot +-+-+-

 

-+- Kagome -+-

 

A figure shadowed by the night jogged quietly off the semi-busy streets of Tokyo. It was a few minutes after midnight and the person dashed into a deserted park, heading towards a lone swing set. Bright blue eyes looked around for a few minutes before the female gave a soft sigh. “Oh man… Stupid work…” She mumbled and rubbed her shoulders. Her fingers dug under the tie above her bottom and undid it, letting loose the apron. She pulled it off, along with her hat, and balled up the large cloth before shoving it inside the cap.

 

The woman sat down heavily on one of the swings, her uniform falling silently beside her. “Mmmm…” She moaned and closed her eyes happily. It's been one year… She thought and opened her stormy orbs to stare up at the polluted sky above. `One lonely, demonless year… Man, am I pathetic. I can't function properly unless I'm surrounded by dangerous youkai. I still can't believe they haven't contacted me…' Tears gathered in her eyes at that thought.

 

For that whole year and three months Higurashi Kagome was left completely and utterly alone, cut off from her demon friends and family. She had tried so hard to find them… So very hard… But in the end she admitted, to herself, that they most likely forgot about her. So with that depressed thought, three months after being forced back to her time, Kagome got a job and moved out of the shrine. It reminded her too much of what she didn't and couldn't have anymore. The miko bought a nice single roomed apartment with a tiny bathroom. The kitchen, bedroom, living room and dining room were all smashed together.

 

It was tiny but livable since she was the only person staying there.

 

She continued to swing back and forth slowly on the swing and closed her eyes silently. `What I wouldn't give for a youkai to pop up right now…' Her thoughts trailed off as an odd energy signature bleeped onto her mental radar. Whirling around in the seat, Kagome blinked in surprise.

 

A white speck floated not ten feet away from her. She watched hopefully as it started to widen slowly before exploding outward so rapidly Kagome thought it would swallow her up. It stopped when it was seven feet wide all around.

 

Wave after wave of youki slapped the priestess in the face and she felt her heartbeat pick up. `Demons… So many demons!' Seven prominent auras played against her miko making it squirm in both anticipation and anxiety.

 

Three tiger youkai stepped out before turning and watching as three more followed after them. They shifted, orange-black ears flicked quietly to pick up any sounds that they might find.

 

Kagome was in awe and forgot about hiding herself.

 

They turned around and, with glowing yellow eyes, watched her. “Look what we have, Gunta.” The chunkier tiger purred. “A nice ripe little human. Doesn't she smell delicious?” He took a step forward but paused when another voice, this one deep and sensual, stopped him.

 

“No, Genburu. Not yet.” A white tiger stepped forth from the spiraling vortex of darkness and stared long and hard at her. “I claim first dibs on her thighs.” He grinned, his long pearly white fangs glinting dangerously in the feeble light.

 

Kagome stood up and smiled, catching the tigers off guard. “Are you really demons, or am I dreaming?” Her hands clasped tightly in front of her chest and she stared at them with hope in her large blue-gray eyes.

 

The tora youkai looked confusedly at their leader who grinned darkly at her. “Of course we're youkai, ningen. And we're very hungry demons. Do you see anyone we may feast upon?” He stepped forward, chuckling softly.

 

The miko blinked slowly before gasping and taking a few steps back. “O…Oh… Uh… Well, no one I see right now… So if you just go back through that hole thing behind you, I bet you can find something to eat.” She bit her lip in worry.

 

The tiger raised his hand, three long fingers extended. He jerked them forward and three demons raced towards her, fangs and claws bared.

 

Kagome screamed and dropped down onto her knees, arms covering her head in fear.

 

The youkai shrieked in pain before exploding into ash. The leader snarled and held his hand up to stop his other pack members. “Wait…” He mumbled and narrowed his eyes. “Looks like we have a priestess among us.”

 

The raven stood up and let her barrier close in closer to her body. She looked around her quickly for a weapon and made a frustrated sound in the back of her throat when her search came up empty. “Damn it…” She mumbled.

 

He flexed his claws before nodding his head towards the other tigers. Racing forward the tiger barely brushed her shield with his claws, the other demons following his example.

 

The demons danced around her, trying to find a weakness in her barrier. They continued to strike at precise locations until finally Kagome screamed loudly and covered her head as her shield shattered around her. The ki disappeared and the tigers laughed and left tiny, burning incisions on her arms, shoulders, cheeks and thighs.

 

Kagome stumbled around and fell to the ground, blood dripping from her wounds slowly. “Oh, can the poor miko not handle us?” The pure white tiger's tail flicked and he grinned darkly at her.

 

Another demonic aura flickered to life on the edge of her senses. `Please, not another one!' She screamed mentally. It was heading towards them so fast, it would be here in less than three minutes, she estimated. In that time she would most likely be dead if she didn't so anything.

 

She started to gather her energy inside of her, keeping it just below the surface and out of their senses. One stepped closer to her, not the leader, and bared his fangs threateningly. “Are you scared, priestess?” He hissed and flexed his claws in front of her face.

 

“No.” Kagome hissed, throwing her arms forward. Her miko ki surged forth and unloaded over the surprised tiger. It exploded into ash before the rest of the groups enraged eyes.

 

“BITCH!” The leader snarled only to pause. His eyes widened and he turned around to watch the tree line. “What is he doing here?” The white tiger roared before jerking towards Kagome again. “We'll just finish up here before we move onto that thing.” He hissed before leaping towards her.

 

And fell in large chunks before her eyes. Blood spewed from the once handsome tiger's body and covered the poor frozen miko in its red paint.

 

The remaining two tigers snarled and looked around anxiously. A black blur to their left alerted them of their adversary but nothing they could to could stop the enraged youkai from hacking and slashing them to pieces.

 

The demon landed in front of her, his back facing her. He was clothed in black and since it was so dark outside, she could barely make out his silhouette besides the bright splash of white cloth wrapped around his neck. The sword he had used to kill the tora youkai was coated in their crimson blood, the tip dripping slowly. But the thing she noticed about the blade was the blue and red gem embedded at the hilt.

 

`That's Hi-chan's sword…! Oh no… Please, don't…' Fear gripped the miko but she steeled herself and narrowed her eyes at the demon. “I want that sword. Give it to me… It doesn't belong to you.” She held out her hand, demanding the blade be place in it silently.

 

She watched silently, fearfully, as he turned his face to gaze at her out of the corner of his burgundy eyes. Kagome's own stormy orbs widened. “H…Hi-chan?” She whispered before fainting, her body thudding softly on the ground.

 

-+- Hiei -+-

 

Red eyes flicked from human to demon to half demon to human quickly. Hiei was antsy… Had been for the last few weeks. His body seemed to know something was going to happen. Something big. Something that would change his life after it happened. He was anxious to get it over with.

 

The rest of the Reikai Tentai were gathered in Yuusuke and Keiko's apartment playing annoying and pointless card games. Like he wanted to participate in a game called `Strip Poker'. Of course it was pretty damn funny when the girls started to lose and they had to take off their clothes to the hungry gazes of the hanyou and ningen.

 

“Damn it! Again? How do you keep getting those cards, Yuusuke? Are you cheating?” Keiko hissed, taking off her other sock and adding it to the growing pile of clothes.

 

“Oh, I'm not cheating, Keiko! I'm just that good.” He grinned broadly at her and leaned forward. “Besides… I like it when you lose… Your underwear is always sexy.” He winked at her playfully.

 

The onna gasped angrily before roughly shoving him. “You hentai!” She hissed before leaning back and crossing her arms over her chest.

 

Kurama chuckled from his spot next to Hiei and turned to look at him curiously. “Do you want to join us, Hiei? I'm sure Keiko-san wouldn't mind restarting the game.” He winked at her teasingly. Said girl glared angrily at him before retorting angrily.

 

“Are you saying I need a new game to see if I can win?” Her brown eyes flashed dangerously and Kurama raised his hands in a placating manor.

 

“I mean nothing by it, Keiko-san. I was just suggesting we start a new game since we are all nearly naked. I for one would like to keep my boxers.” He looked down at his half naked form with a faint blush.

 

Hiei looked out the window with a bored look and had to keep himself from sighing. `I could beat them all…' He thought absently. He and Shippou were veterans at that game. Of course it was never strip poker but poker was one of his favorite gambling games. And knowing what your opponent would play next helped a bit too.

 

Yuusuke gave the group a large grin and shuffled the deck still clothed only in his boxers, socks and one shoe. Kuwabara was in a similar state but was quickly donning the clothes he lost. Keiko leaned up, her skirt sliding over her hips easily and she quickly buckled and zipped it closed.

 

“Alright, what next?” He said and was nearly given an answer but his communicator going off had his good mood ruined. “Damn it…” He cursed before grabbing his jeans and digging around in the back pocket.

 

Botan's cheery face blinked at them as she came onto the screen. “Hey guys!” She said happily. “We've got seven B-class tiger demons that passed the barrier pretty close to you. Could you take them out for us?” She waved before the screen went blank.

 

“Seven B-classes? What the fuck? Did Koenma go crazy for a few hours?” Yuusuke hissed as he pulled on his pants and zipped them closed. He tugged his shirt over his head before stuffing his feet in his remaining tennis shoe. “Be back after a bit, Keiko. Don't know what time so it's best if you go to bed.” He winked at her. “I'll wake you up when I get back.” The hanyou chuckled before opening the door of his apartment and racing out to the fire escape.

 

The four quickly dashed to the park. Kuwabara stumbled as a large wave of energy hit the group heavily. The purity of it had the hanyou and human stumped but Youko and Hiei knew exactly what it was.

 

`It couldn't be…' Hiei thought as he waited, hoping (even if it was a small amount) that it was whom he thought it was.

 

Kurama looked at the hiyoukai with wide eyes. “Was that—” The kitsune were caught off guard as the hybrid shot forward, leaving the three in the dust.

 

Hiei could feel the energy pulsing before completely going out. No! He screamed mentally and pushed himself to the limit. It took him a few minutes before he came to the park and what he saw had his eyes bleeding crimson and his youki skyrocketing.

 

The speedy demon raced forward and with quick slices, hacked down the tiger that was to close to his Kagome. He heard her gasp but ignored it in favor of taking out the other two remaining demons.

 

Once they were out of the picture, Hiei landed with his back facing her. `What will she think? I just killed them without a blink of an eye.' His back straightened when the miko found her voice.

 

He smelt her fear disappear and quickly be replaced with determination. “I want that sword. Give it to me… It doesn't belong to you.” The hybrid blinked.

 

She doesn't recognize me… He thought and turned to look at her over his shoulder. Her fear escalated and burned his nose. And not the good burn either. His dark red orbs locked with her surprised stormy ones. “H…Hi-chan?” She whispered before fainting, her body thudding softly on the ground.

 

Hiei blinked. “She fainted…” He mumbled out loud before walking over to her, Shuuketsu falling to the ground by his feet with a loud clatter. He stepped over to her and crouched next to her, his hand hovering over her face. Please don't be a nightmare again… The imiko steeled his resolve and lightly touched the miko's soft cheek. “You're real…” He breathed and pressed his knuckle harder into her cheek.

 

Kurama raced up to him. “Hiei? What did you do?” He gasped at the shape of the unconscious female. The hybrids eyes narrowed and he picked up Kagome easily. “Hiei?” The avatar eyed him suspiciously.

 

“Hn. I am taking her to safety.” That said, Hiei blurred out of existence, leaving Kurama confused.

 

+Who was that sexy little number the runt picked up?+ Youko's excited voice questioned.

 

/I don't know, Youko. Maybe someone he knows?/ Kurama answered him.

 

The silver snorted. +Hiei doesn't know anyone, how could he know a human? He hates humans.+ Kurama could see his other half practically dancing in excitement. The avatar nearly sighed in exasperation but held himself in check.

 

He looked at the nasty mess Hiei had left and quickly dug his fingers at the base of his skull, looking for the correct plant. Once found he fed his youki into the seed and let it grow into its full size.

 

The shokuyou shokubutsu quickly devoured the remains and hungrily lapped at the blood that stained the ground.

 

By that time Kuwabara and Yuusuke had caught up with them, looking tired and out of breath. “Hiei already got them?” The detective gasped out.

 

Kurama nodded his head before turning towards his apartment which was a few blocks from them. “Yes and he took a human to my apartment. Come, we must hurry.” That said the redhead raced away in the general direction of his home.

 

“Oh man! We gotta run again?”

 

-+-+-+ End Chapter Six +-+-+-

 

HBWD's Corner: This is defiantly one of my fave chapters because Hiei and Kagome meet (kinda). (grins) Anyway, I have a few things to ask you.

 

Another thing, some people were scared by my Midoriko… Please don't be! I wanted to stand out from the crowd and that's one way! (dances) She's so serious in all the fanfic's I've read with her in them so I decided to kick it up a notch and change her around.

 

Next, NO! SHIPPOU IS NOTKURAMA! I don't want to have to tell people over and over again. Shippou is his own fox demon; he's not Youko in any way. Yes he may use the same kind of tricks because he idolizes Youko but that's about it. Their similarities end there (sort of). So stop asking that, you have been told.

 

Preview of Next Chapter:

And that's the scene they walked into. Hiei had Kagome's leg raised up, his tongue pressed against the soft, but bloody flesh. The hiyoukai barely batted an eyelash and continued his cleaning.

 

“WHAT THE HELL?” Kuwabara's voice echoed around he large living room. The hybrid's eyebrow twitched but he didn't stop the lazy licking. “What are you doing to her, runt?” The redhead stomped over to the now growling imiko. “Stop that, don't rape the poor girl! She's traumatized enough!”

 

“Kuwabara-kun!” Kurama stated and stepped forward. “Hiei is only cleaning and healing her wounds! Nothing more.” He raised his delicate hands and pressed them against the broad shouldered male. “I suspect the Koorime in him gives him great healing abilities which, as we can clearly see, center in his saliva.”

 

Youko chuckled. +Like a common canine.+

 

Translations: Youkai - demon. Miko - priestess. Youki - demon energy. Tora - tiger. Ningen - human. Ki - energy. Reikai tentai - spirit detectives. Hanyou -