InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Shifting Times ❯ Chapter II ( Chapter 2 )

Shifting Times

Chapter II

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yuyu Hakusho.

 

Dedication: There are four dedications for this story. WhiteDemoness11, I hope that you enjoy this story as you've read all my others. Madmiko, I hope you also read and enjoy this story, as I hoped to match the length of your chapters with my own. Ryukotsusei, I love your stories and hope you like this one. And the final dedication is to KagHieiLuver. I hope you enjoy the scenes ya little pervert lol. I wrote it for you mostly, but all the others were in mind as well.

 

Author: Chrystal-Hearts

 

Summary: Kagome is crossing between the present and the past while trying to balance school, friends, and even a lover. Many things will happen as the Inu-gang will be forced to face off against Naraku many times, while things in the present might be getting a little difficult.

 

Let's get telepathic!

/Hiei/

\Youko\

\Kurama\

(Kagome)

 

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Last Time:

/What are you hiding?/

 

(I said it was nothing important.) She quickly whispered into his mind. Just my feelings. The thought crossed her mind, and Hiei just barely heard it though he showed no signs of such.

 

/Fine./ He gave in.

 

This Time:

“What're you doing back early Kagome-sama?” A man with shoulder length black hair pulled back into a dragon tail at the base of his neck asked. He also had violet eyes that seemed to match the color of twilight.

 

Kagome giggled as she looked to him. “I've been healed for a time now and I figured coming back a day early wouldn't hurt.”

 

“How is it that you healed so quickly?”

 

“My little secret.” She said with a giggle as she held her fingers to her lips. “Anyways, where's Inuyasha?”

 

“He left the village a few days ago to see to something, and has yet to return.”

 

“What about Sango?”

 

“She's in the village now, she returned yesterday with several things that she said were for training.”

 

“Perhaps you'd like to train me a little today?” She pondered to him as she smiled.

 

“I wouldn't mind Kagome-sama.” The man replied with a smile. “What would you like to train with?”

 

“Reiki would probably be easiest to use, so I suppose it would be best to train with first.”

 

“Alright, we'll start training as soon as we return to the village.”

 

“Sounds good.” Kagome replied as she fixed the bag on her shoulders. “Let's get to the village then.” It took them maybe fifteen minutes to get out of the forest and to Kaede's hut, so it wasn't all that long before they were both deep in meditation.

 

“You haven't been doing your meditations.” Miroku commented as he looked to her. “I could sense that you are the same now as the day you left.”

 

Giggling nervously, she nodded her head. “I've been… occupied while at home.”

 

“Occupied with what?” The monk asked with a lecherous grin. Kagome blushed and averted her eyes to the ground, causing his eyes to widen. “Why Kagome-sama, I never knew you to be one to do something like that unless it was with someone you loved.”

 

Her blush darkened and she turned her eyes to meet his. “Promise you won't tell? Sango already knows a little, but not much. Just that I've been seeing someone in my time.”

 

“You have my word that I won't tell a soul.” Miroku promised smoothly.

 

“I've been seeing someone for a while now, and we became lovers a few months ago. He's passionate and even somewhat caring… though he does act kinda like Sesshoumaru.” That had Miroku chuckling. “But he doesn't despise humans, at least that I know of. And well I spent my time with him and it was he who healed me.”

 

“So you have a lover now? Wait, why would your lover hate humans?”

 

“He's umm… well he's a demon.” She replied as she kept her eyes on his. “He does care for me though.”

 

“So does he know of your adventures?”

 

“No, he thinks the same thing that my friends do. I told them all that I was going away for months at a time to train to take over the shrine.”

 

“So they believe you are training?”

 

“Well, I didn't lie. I am training, though it's so I can defeat Naraku. But I do plan on taking over the shrine. That is unless Souta wants to take it over, which he might. His own energy awakened not long ago.”

 

“Well it is time I train you to use your reiki. You do know the differences between it and the energy you use, correct?”

 

“The energy that I normally use is called shenki, which is mainly used to purify demons and is a lesser form of seikouki. Seikouki must be earned while shenki lies within the soul. Then there's also youki and jyaki. Youki is pure demon energy and jyaki is demon energy that most demons wield because they manipulate it into what they wish to control it with. Then there is reiki which monks use. It's the energy from the body.”

 

“Where did you learn all of that?” Miroku asked curiously and surprised.

 

“My grandfather decided that I needed to know.” She replied with a shrug. “So now what?”

 

“Now I teach you how to use your reiki. Concentrate your energy into the tip of your finger if you can.”

 

“Alright.” Eyes closing, she carefully tried to find the energy of her body. It was simple and she realized that she could have done so without even closing her eyes. But what she felt seemed like quite a bit of energy… not as much as her shenki, but still quite a bit. Gathering it into her finger seemed easy enough, and it was. Opening her eyes, she saw a large ball of energy. “That was relatively easy.”

 

“Yes, you seem to be a natural at controlling reiki.” Miroku commented as he eyed her. “I suppose we should start with the basics of control and I'll test your abilities and skill to find out where we should start after that.”

 

“The basics would mainly be focusing my ki into one point, correct?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Should we go somewhere else to practice then?”

 

“Hai. An open area would be best to practice in.”

 

“Alright, let's go then. Well, that is if you have the time.”

 

“Of course Kagome-sama.” The man said as he rose to his feet.

 

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“Ah…” The sigh was soft and delighted as it sounded from the steamy fog which surrounded the hot spring. A young girl easily relaxed within the warmth that encased her. The sound of the swishing water had her eyes opening to look to her right. There she saw her best friend and sister figure, a woman with long dark hair and doe brown eyes. “Hello Sango.”

 

“Did you get the umm… item?”

 

Kagome giggled as she nodded. “Hai, the test is in my bag, just over there.”

 

“How do I use it?” She asked embarrassedly. Leaning over to her, the younger girl quickly explained the use of the item. The older girl nodded and rose from the spring in order to use it. Moments later she returned and set the test by the side of the water. “How long do I have to wait?”

 

“Five to ten minutes. Fifteen at most.” Kagome responded with a slight smile.

 

“Oh Kagome, what am I going to do if it turns out that I am pregnant?”

 

“You'll tell Miroku and we'll keep searching for shards until you're showing.”

 

“This just isn't fair.” The slayer whined. “I was only with him once.”

 

“You should have said something to me, then I could have gotten you some birth control.”

 

“That's what you're using with your `lover', isn't it?”

 

“Hai, and it's worked so far.”

 

“So will you tell me more about him? Like maybe what he looks like?”

 

The younger girl giggled, but gave a nod anyway. “Amazingly he's not super tall like most demons I know, in fact he stands only a few inches higher than me. He's got black hair with blue tips and this white star-burst in front. Oh, and he's got these crimson eyes that put rubies to shame.”

 

“Crimson eyes?” Sango questioned as she looked at her now blushing friend.

 

“Well Sango, he's youkai.”

 

“But I thought there weren't youkai in your time?”

 

“That's what I thought, but after meeting him those months ago I searched the shrine and found an old scroll. It depicts an event known as the splitting of the worlds. Reikai, Makai, and Ningenkai. I believe that that's what happened, because Hiei slipped once and said that he needed to return to Makai for a time.”

 

“So the world was split? What about Meikai?”

 

“The netherworld still exits, but souls have to travel through spirit world to reach it now from what I understand.”

 

“So from this information I'm assuming that you live in Ningenkai, but haven't really seen demons because most of them live in this Makai?”

 

“Hai, and there's supposed to be this barrier that separates them, but some can slip past it. Like Hiei.”

 

“So Hiei is your lover's name?” Sango asked with a curious smile.

 

“Hai, but don't tell anyone else that. If word leaks, then it could alter the future.”

 

“Right, your secret's safe with me.” The slayer promised.

 

“Thank-you Sango.”

 

“But did you know that his name means `flying shadow'?”

 

“I'm not surprised, he's incredibly fast.” Kagome offered as she looked into the water. “He's also very powerful, like Sesshoumaru, but not quite to his level yet.”

 

“I think we need to have a little talk.” Stated the slayer as she looked to the younger girl.

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“I mean on the demonic classifications. There are seven altogether. Eight if you include the class known as ancients.”

 

“Alright.” The younger girl responded as she took the information in. “What are the classes?”

 

“The lowest is known as E-class. Strong humans and really weak demons make it up. Strong humans that have spirit energy but not much control. The next level up is D-class, they're weak but can be very dangerous. Next is C-class which are made up of formidable demons.”

 

“What kind of strengths are we looking at for each of those classes?” Kagome questioned as she looked at her friend.

 

“The hundreds of demons that Naraku normally send after us range between D and E-class. Most taijiya are ranked at a C-class. Due to my experience and strength I'd be considered a low B-class. Inuyasha is ranked at around low A-class since he has the tetsusaiga. S-class is above A-class and consists of some extremely formidable opponents. I'd say that Naraku is a low to middle S-class. Above that is the Taiyoukai status demons like Sesshoumaru. Few demons ever reach that level of power. And above that are the ancients. They have both knowledge and power which makes them the most powerful of all.”

 

“So Naraku is a low to middle S-class?”

 

“Now that I think about it, I'd guess he's actually jumped into high S-class to low taiyoukai class.”

 

“So he can match Sesshoumaru?”

 

“Yes, but only because the jewel gave him his power. Before that had happened I'd say he was a C-class youkai.”

 

“Alright, what would you classify Inuyasha as without his sword?”

 

“Between C and B-class.”

 

“What about Kouga?”

 

“With his shards I'd say a low B-class. His strength is his own, but it's his speed that gives him an advantage.”

 

“Ginta and Hakkaku?”

 

“I'd say D-class at best.” Sango said with a laugh.

 

“What about Miroku? What would you classify him at?”

 

“Upper C-class to low B-class. So my range. Kirara is a mid C-class, Shippo would be at E-class only because he's so young, and I'd say you're at Upper D-class since you have no control of your powers and barely know how to use a weapon. When I'm done training you to be a slayer, you should be at upper C-class to low B-class. Mix in your training with Miroku and that'll probably raise you between mid and upper B-class.”

 

“What would you rank Kikyo as?”

 

“Well…” Sango started as she thought for a moment. “I'd say low A-class. She has a calculative mind as well as complete control over her shenki. But thinking on that as well you do have a good chance of surpassing her, as I don't know how you'll take to either my or Miroku's training.”

 

“Maybe I'll even reach S-class.” Kagome said with a giggle. “So what would you call a human who's powers just awoke and can sense some abnormal things.”

 

“A low E-class, why?”

 

“Souta has shenki that just recently awoke. I had to help him get it under control so that it's quit shocking people.”

 

“So he has shenki as well? Interesting.”

 

“Yep, and now you can check the test.” Kagome chirped with a delighted smile.

 

Sango stiffened, then nodded as she picked the little stick thing up. “It's blue.”

 

“Congratulations Sango!” Kagome exclaimed as she threw herself at the slayer. “You're pregnant.”

 

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“You have to tell him Sango.” Kagome encouraged as she pushed the slayer toward Kaede's hut. “Take him out so you're by yourselves, and I'll talk with Kaede-obaa-san like I need to while you do.”

 

“But what if he gets angry with me because of this?”

 

“Sango, he's always asking girls to bare his child, and now you are doing so. I'm pretty sure that he'll actually be thrilled… and surprised.” She added the last part with a giggle. “Now come on.” The younger girl easily tugged the older one into the hut and towards the spot where Miroku was meditating. “Go on.”

 

The slayer nodded and walked shyly toward the monk. “Miroku, can we talk in private for a moment?”

 

“Sure Sango.” The man replied as he rose from his meditation and turned to follow her.

 

Kagome giggled as she shook her head at them. Turning back to the older woman in the hut, she smiled. “Could you help me with my shenki?”

 

“Of course child. What do ye wish to learn?”

 

“Can shenki be used to heal?”

 

“Hai. It'll be difficult to grasp since you've hardly any control of ye energy.”

 

“I'll try really hard.” The younger girl promised.

 

“Alright child.” The old miko said with a nod. “Ye must be able to grasp your energy and pull it into your hands, then ye need to channel it into the one ye wish to heal. If ye wish to heal youkai, then ye'll need to separate the purifying energy from the healing energy.”

 

“Alright.” Kagome whispered as she closed her eyes to try and concentrate. Soon enough she saw her energy wrapping around her soul and tried to pull it away and into her hands, but it wouldn't listen. Pulling harder didn't seem to help either. Fine. She gave a fierce tug… “Ouch!”

 

“Ye shouldn't try to force it.” Kaede said with a chuckle as she handed the younger girl some water.

 

“But it won't listen.”

 

“Give it time child, and keep practicing.”

 

“Hai, Kaede-baba.” The younger girl nodded as she took a sip of the water. Setting it down, she closed her eyes and once again began concentrating. It was close to three hours later that Sango awakened her from her trance. The slayer promptly began dragging her out and away from the hut. “What is it?”

 

“Time to start our training.” The slayer responded. “From what I heard, you're learning to use reiki. My training will help that training because it'll increase your physical strength.”

 

“Alright. Where do we begin then?”

 

“We'll start with building up stamina and strength, then we'll move to fighting with boken and hand to hand.”

 

“Sounds good.” When they reached the clearing, Sango commanded Kagome to do push-ups, then sit-ups, and a bunch of other things. Needless to say, she was tired after about two hours. The slayer then suggested a bath which the younger girl quickly agreed to. “So how did Miroku take the news?”

 

“He was ecstatic.” Sango whispered as her cheeks tinted red.

 

“Well that's a good thing. So when's the wedding?”

 

The slayer's cheeks turned an even deeper as they reached the water. Slowly removing her kimono, she delayed answering the question until the other girl began giggling. “Tomorrow if Kaede-sama agrees to perform the ceremony.”

 

“I'm sure she will.” Kagome assured as she too lowered herself into the steaming warmth that was the water. Sighing in bliss as the water soothed her now aching muscles, she closed her eyes and allowed her mind to calm. Slowly she centered her mind on her soul and began sending some of her energy into it to keep the pain at bay. She eased even more power into the spot with the void when it gave a painful throb.

 

“Kagome, are you ok?” The voice sounded so distant, but she knew it was close. It took a few moments for her to pull herself from her meditation and she looked up into her friends worried doe brown eyes as she finally managed it. Said friend had just raised her hand to feel her forehead. “Are you alright?”

 

“M fine Sango. Just meditating.” She mumbled out as she looked at her friend. “Are you getting out now?”

 

“Hai. Will you be staying a little longer?”

 

“Hai.” The slayer nodded and stepped from the spring before dressing quickly and leaving. Kagome smiled at the retreating back of her friend before returning to her meditation. Once inside of her self once more, she decided that she'd try something new. Concentrating on what she wanted, she managed to create a corporeal form within her own mind. With that accomplished she summoned all of the energy inside of her so that she could work on it without having to move throughout her body.

 

At seeing the energy which wrapped around her soul, she sighed and glared. Moving her form toward it, she tried using force to pry it away from her soul. That so didn't work. In fact she burnt her imaginary hands… Well now she gave a gentle tug. Amazingly that gave more of a result as the energy gave slightly. Don't tell me… Gently bringing the energy to her, she growled when it came with such ease. You have got to be kidding me.

 

Since it was coming easily, she gave a little tug. That halted it's progress and she sighed as she began gently bringing it toward her once more. She sat in that spring for hours doing this, softly pulling on the energy until all of it floated around the form she created within the confines of her mind. “And you better be easier to use now.” Grumbling about the amount of time that took, her eyes turned to look at the large soul which was sheathed within the middle of her powers. There she saw the most peculiar thing… It was a little silvery white kitsune. “Odd…”

 

Moving toward the little sphere it was contained in, she reached out her hands and pulled it into her arms. Upon touching her skin, it's eyes immediately opened to reveal a deep midnight blue. The eyes looked so beautiful and her hands twitched slightly before she gave up with a sigh. Her hand thus made it's way to the kit's ear and began massaging it causing the little animal to purr. “Yip!”

 

“So what're you doing here?” The girl calmly asked the animal in her hands. It yipped and nipped at her neck but didn't speak. “So you can't speak human… and I don't really know any kitsune. Well I'll just have to ask Shippo to translate if you become physical in the real world too.” With that, she looked back to her soul to see it humming as her powers returned to being wrapped around it. With a sigh, she gave a tug but was surprised when the powers came to her with ease. “Well that's new.”

 

Turning away from her powers, she turned instead to the reiki that was contained in one corner of her mind. Moving to it with the kit still in her arms, she began poking and prodding it. It's blue. Looking over at the violet miko energy, then back to the light blue energy she smirked evilly. Pulling them both together she tried mixing them. Bad idea. Somehow she managed to protect the kit in her arms as she was thrown across her own mind. “Well that hurt.”

 

Shaking her head, she turned instead to look at the little piece of energy that was held in the forefront of her mind. Can I talk to him while in the past? It was possible she assumed. Using her brain she thought of how she'd manage this trick. In order to get to him I have to pass through the well, so if I push my energy through the well and link my energy to it I should be able to communicate with him through time. Alright then. Pushing her energy outward, she slowly reached for the well's magic and allowed her own aura to seep into it.

 

Once that was taken care of, she easily poked at the energy within her mind. Grr… It didn't work. Fine. Jerking the energy sharply, she groaned when it zapped her harshly, though it still opened. (That hurt. Are you there Hiei?)

 

/Kagome?/ Giggling happily at her success, she gave a positive answer. /I thought you had left for training already./

 

(I have, and I'm relaxing from my training. Talk about evil, my teacher decided that I needed to work out for hours without any previous knowledge.)

 

She could hear his chuckle and responded with a growl that had him laughing. /So you've been training all day?/

 

(Hai. First with Kaede-sama, then with Sango-chan. Not to mention I had to do the meditation Miroku-kun set for me.)

 

/Miroku?/ He questioned, a tinge of possessiveness in his voice.

 

(Hai, he's Sango's husband…kinda. She's pregnant and they're eloping tomorrow. He's like an older brother to me.)

 

/Hn./

 

(I waste all this energy on trying to talk to you and all you say is `hn'?)

 

/What do you mean `waste all this energy'?/

 

(Just that it took a lot of energy to make this connection reach you…especially since I've no idea how to really open the link. It shocked me you know.)

 

And she heard even more chuckles at that. /All you have to do is gently coax the link open./

 

(I triedthat and it didn't work. What the…) She trailed off as she focused on the surrounding area.

 

/Kagome?/ Hiei questioned after she stopped in the middle of saying something. He started to worry when she didn't respond to him. /Kagome./

 

(Little busy.) Her voice sounded pained and it confused him a little. (Eek…Talk about gross.) The girl was currently looking up at a demon who'd snuck up on her while she was bathing. It was a giant oni and looked rather disgusting with neon green skin that had black splotches which looked suspiciously like blood staining him. Her hand moved and ran gently over her left arm where slight gashes had appeared from where she'd tried to dodge it's attack. At the moment things didn't look very good for her.

 

/What is going on?/

 

(Just getting attacked by an oni while bathing.) She said it like it was such a normal occurrence that she shocked the man she was telepathically talking to. As the demon neared her, she dove back into the water of the hot springs in an attempt to hide. (Now I wish I had my bow…Wait, there's Inuyasha!)

 

/Inuyasha?/ The demon in her mind questioned with a deep growl. /Aren't you bathing onna?/

 

(Ah…Yeah.) Her reply was questioning for a moment before she realized what the problem was. (Excuse me while I kill my savior.) After those words, the mind link was effectively cut. “Inuyasha…”

 

The dog hanyou looked over at her with a smug smirk after killing the demon, only to gulp and become wide eyed as he turned and tried to run. “Kagome wait…”

 

“Sit boy!” Several more forms of the word escaped her lips until the hanyou was unconscious in his little hole in the ground. Grumbling about stupid demons and annoying hanyous, she calmly reclined back into the water and yanked sharply on the link. (I'm back.)

 

Noticing the happy tint to her voice, he couldn't help but ask what she'd done. He immediately started laughing upon seeing the image of the inu-hanyou twitching and unconscious in his own little crater. /What did you do to him? He looks like a demon./

 

(Hanyou actually, and I simply told him not to come near the springs while I'm here…Or to leave veryquickly once he'd slain any attacking demon.)

 

/Why was a demon attacking you in the first place?/

 

(…) That was something which would be hard to answer. (I'm not sure, low level demons simply seem to think that I'm food of some kind.)

 

/I can't blame them, you are rather tasty./ His smirk could be heard through his voice, just as his desire could as well.

 

While the girl did blush, she giggled as well. (I'd prefer if you were the only one to `taste'me.)

 

/Good, because I don't like sharing what's mine./

 

A shiver wracked the girl's body at him claiming her as his, and it was a delighted shiver. Her lips formed a smile at the thought of being his, and she sighed happily. It was a secret that she'd been trying to keep from him, the fact that she was in love with him. She was afraid of how he'd react to such a proclamation from her. (Don't worry, I'm faithful.) Secretly she questioned: who wouldn't be?

 

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“So what did happen at the hot spring Inuyasha?” Miroku questioned as he walked next to his hanyou friend.

 

Said hanyou blushed darkly but shook his head. “Feh. Stupid wench got attacked by some low level oni while bathing and then sat me after I rescued her.”

 

Miroku chuckled at that. “You know how females are Inuyasha, they're self conscious about their bodies and don't like it when we men enjoy the sight of them.”

 

“I'm sure your wife wouldn't be too happy if you were to look at any other female's body anyways.” The hanyou grumbled as he glared at said monk.

 

The girls were up on Kirara with Shippo and were talking about whether or not the baby would be male or female and who it would turn out to be more like. Soon though, their conversation died down and the younger girl sat in thought. Her mind turned to the little kit who was still in her mind. If she were to take a guess, she'd assume that the kit didn't have enough energy to produce a physical form. As that thought went through her mind, the little kit gave off a yip. I'll take that as a yes. Since no one was really paying attention to her, she decided she'd see how Hiei was. Poking at the link in her mind, she sighed in relief when it opened with ease. (Hello Hiei.)

 

/Hn?/

 

(You're busy, aren't you?) She questioned, a pout obvious in her voice.

 

/Hai./

 

(Oh, then I'll get back to my training then.) She whispered into his mind as she cut the link. Returning to the present she closed her eyes and opened her senses in hopes of feeling a jewel shard. But she didn't feel anything. With a sigh she asked if walking would make good training.

 

Sango giggled at that and had Kirara descend down to the guys before handing the girl her bone boomerang. “This will be your training. It's heavy, but you need to learn to carry it with ease if you ever wish to wield it.”

 

“Alright.” The girl replied as she strapped the weapon into her back. It was rather heavy, but then again so was her backpack. Used to carrying around it's weight, she wasn't that burdened with the weight of the weapon. “This shouldn't be too difficult.”

 

“If you start to get too tired, let me know, alright?” Sango questioned.

 

“Ok Sango.” The girl replied with a smile as she began walking beside Miroku. Shippo quickly hopped from Kirara's back and onto her shoulder.

 

“Since you're down here, I might as well add to your training.” Miroku stated as he looked to her. “Tonight I will give you something called `spirit binds'. It'll require you to keep your reiki at one hundred percent power at all times if you wish to be able to move, though it will also strengthen your spiritual abilities.”

 

“Then what do you want me to do now?”

 

“Practice working with your reiki. I want you to pull on the energy and channel it throughout your entire body. You're to do this until you can do it on instinct. Then I'll teach you to block attacks with energy shields.”

 

“Ok.” Giving a nod she turned to her exercise for the day. It was taxing on her strength to practice using her reiki, carrying the demon bone weapon, and walking at their fast pace, but she somehow managed to keep it up. She found it was easiest to pull the energy into the palm of her hand. After several hours of trying while they walked, Kagome was dead tired. Though she ignored it as she glared at her hand. Grumbling about needing a wider range, she turned her focus further into herself and pulled energy into the entirety of her body. When she started glowing a pale blue, the others all turned to look at her. “Hehehe… oops. Sorry.”

 

“Do not apologize Kagome-sama, this is a good thing in your training.” Miroku commented with an impressed smile. “Usually it takes longer to accomplish this feat.”

 

Smiling happily, the girl raced to the monk and hugged him. “So that means I'm doing good, right?”

 

“Hai Kagome-sama.” He chuckled as he returned her embrace. “With the way you're advancing, you'll soon be finished with your training.”

 

“I'm glad you think I'm advancing quite well.”

 

“Enough a this, we're wasting time.” Inuyasha griped as he glared at the two.

 

Kagome glared back but let go of the monk so that they could continue on their way. Since she'd managed to do what Miroku asked of her, she decided she'd concentrate on her miko powers. It was difficult to go into her mind while keeping her eyes open so that she could see where she was going. A yip alerted her that she'd reached the part of her mind where she set up her little `practice' area. With a giggle to herself, she walked over to the kit and picked her up into her arms. Looking to her violet miko energy, she once again pulled on it. Soothingly it began wrapping around her body, whispering promises of helping freely.

 

Smiling to herself, she decided to try and use it for something new. Focusing her power to the small gashes that decorated her arm, she tried healing them. Amazingly it actually worked. With a smile she tried mixing a tiny bit of her shenki with the tiniest bit of her reiki. To her surprise it actually worked. A distant sound had her withdrawing back into her conscious mind where she saw that they were being attacked by demons. Eyes widening, she ran to the quickly descending Kirara as she un-strapped the weapon from her back and handed it to the demon slayer.

 

Holding Shippo tightly in her arms, she turned to the demons that were charging at them. Great, and I don't have a bow or arrows. Dodging claws that were aimed for her, she grumbled at being attacked by so many demons at once. Inuyasha shouted for her to take cover and she dutifully obeyed, running to hide a little ways behind the group in a few trees. Shippo clung tightly to her, not wanting to be separated as more demons came. Miroku was about to open his wind tunnel when the saimyosho arrived.

 

It was strange how the demons seemed to be completely ignoring Kagome though. Speaking of which, the girl quickly whirled around as a terrible feeling sped through the pit of her stomach and her eyes widened. Demons. There were dozens of them behind her and they were all lead by a demon with dark blue hair that dusted his shoulders and had violet crimson eyes. Backing away from them, she quickly turned and pulled her bag into her hands as she started running. Quickly stuffing Shippo into the bag as the others turned to notice what was going on, their expressions to from shock to fear. “Be safe, my little kit.” The girl whispered as a demon grabbed her and she allowed the bag to slip from her grasp.

 

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Struggling wasn't working and it was only getting her more bruises as the demon carried her smacked her. She internally grumbled about stupid males that like to smack her. For some reason she couldn't even call on her miko energy… at least it wouldn't come to the surface. It'd still heal her, but it wouldn't materialize. It's a good thing I shoved the shard into Shippo's hand. An evil gleam suddenly appeared in her eyes before she slid them shut and delved into her mind. On the inside she was snickering as she moved over to her two separate energies. I know I'll pay for this, but… Yanking on her shenki, she took a nice amount and tried to mix it with a large amount of reiki.

 

Well, it did work. Hey it killed the nearby demons… though it did knock her unconscious and she was falling through the air. That's probably why she didn't notice as strong arms caught her and took off heading to the south. The demon which held her smirked as he approached a castle that was nestled at the foot of a cliff. Around the castle were humans, as it made the castle a less conspicuous place to be.

 

Kagome was soon awoken when she was dropped unceremoniously onto a hard stone floor. Eyes snapping open at the impact, she mentally groaned at the pain in her throbbing head. Looking around, she noticed that the violet-crimson eyed demon was the only one around. Turning to glare at him, she questioned: “where am I and what do you want with me?”

 

The demon gave a malicious smirk which showed a hint of fangs as his eyes gleamed with evil intent. “Naraku wishes to have you priestess, so I have brought you here for him. Sadly though, he'll be gone for a bit.”

 

The girl's eyes suddenly widened as she realized what trouble she was in. “Where am I?” Though she was panicked on the inside, she managed to keep her voice calm and her face neutral. Being around Hiei is paying off, he's rubbing off on me.

 

“We are in the Southern lands priestess, and soon Naraku will return for you. But I think I'll enjoy toying with you until then.” The man's malicious smirk returned as he smirked evilly at her.

 

Kagome could see the malice in his eyes and she had to restrain herself from showing weakness and shrinking away. On the inside she shivered in a mixture of fear and disgust. Her sapphire eyes met his violet-crimson and defiance flashed through them as she pulled herself from the floor and glared heatedly at him. “Inuyasha and the others will come for me.”

 

The man smirked before e disappeared causing the girl to tense. His smirk widened as he appeared behind her. Arms wrapping around her, he restrained her even as he pulled her back against his chest. “But they'll never find you.” He whispered as he licked her neck. “You know, you taste rather delicious.”

 

The miko growled deeply as her eyes darkened in anger. On the inside she was shivering in disgust, but outside she showed nothing but anger. Managing to jerk herself from his grasp, she turned her dark glare onto him. “Touch me like that again, and I will find a way to kill you.”

 

The demon smirked at her as he snapped his fingers. Instantly several guards appeared. “Take her to the dungeons for the time being.”

 

The guards nodded as they started dragging her away. Glaring at the demon one last time, she allowed the human men to steer her away while grumbling under her breath about evil demons and stupid men. She wasn't sure how long she had, but she knew that she had to get out of the castle before Naraku turned up. Not sure that she could wait for her friends to arrive, she tried thinking of a way out of this. Little did she know what she'd be going through in a short amount of time.

 

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Inuyasha cursed as he saw the demons carry Kagome away while he couldn't do anything. Miroku also noticed the situation and acted without thinking. Making sure that his allies were behind him, he quickly pulled the prayer beads from his hand; opening the wind tunnel. The others gasped and Sango shouted for him to close the void. Shaking his head, he called out for Inuyasha to go after Kagome and that he'd follow once he was done.

 

Inuyasha looked at him with understanding before taking off as Sango rushed to his side. When he finally sealed his hand, she and Kirara helped him over to Kagome's backpack where she immediately began searching for the antidote before administering it to him. Once that was done, she picked up the sobbing Shippo, tossed the bag onto her shoulder, then helped her husband onto Kirara's back so that they could follow after Inuyasha and the demons who had kidnapped their friend.

 

It wasn't long before they caught up with the hanyou and they saw a large piece of devastated land. Miroku managed to remain conscious long enough to reach this place and commented that it felt of Kagome's energy signature. Before they could ask him anything else though, he passed out. Inuyasha sniffed around, but couldn't find any signs of a trail so they went on a guess but had to make camp soon so Miroku could rest.

 

 

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I know, it's only twenty-nine pages long, but it's the best I can do for this chapter. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it so far. I'm trying to take this story slowly and make it longer and more interesting at the same time. Anyways, I hope you like it. Let me know.

 

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