InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Shifting Times ❯ Chapter VIII ( Chapter 8 )

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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)
(Hikari)
Kitsune

Last Time:
“So what? Can’t the old man do it himself?”

Shaking her head sadly she replied, “no, he’s in the hospital because he’s dying. Souta and I are bringing him home in the morning so he can spend the last of his time at the shrine.”

“When did this happen?” Sango questioned, wide eyed.

“He was in the hospital when I returned home.” Was her reply as she disappeared back towards the well.

This Time:

Souta and Kagome both sat cross legged in front of their grandfather as he looked calmly between the two of them. The old man sighed softly before looking at the two of them with a small smile. “It’s time you inherited the family’s true power.”

“Hai, ji-san.” Souta said as he looked amazedly at his grandfather.

Ikiji closed his eyes and took a deep breath before focusing his mind on the matter at hand. Swirls of energy began forming around him as he pulled it from it’s buried place within himself. Soon a ball of energy formed within each hand, one was a pale blue color and the other a dark blue. When Ikiji opened his eyes, they seemed older. “One orb is Yoshirou’s power and one is mine. You will each receive one and train with it to become stronger. This orb will incorporate itself into your body, but it will cause you intense pain while it does. This should take up about two hours.”

“We’re ready.” Souta stated as he braced himself for the pain. Kagome gave a nod of agreement as she kept her body completely relaxed.

“I will be giving each of you spirit cuffs in order to train you.”

“Is that something like spirit bonds?” The miko questioned as she looked at her grandfather, “because if so, I already have them?”

“How?”

“Miroku.” Was her simple reply.

“Alright, then I will place them upon Souta before we begin.” Once he was done and had explained the energy manacles to her brother, he allowed the energy a life of it’s own. The dark blue slammed into Kagome’s body while the pale blue slammed into Souta’s body. The energy tore through them both and caused agonizing pain. The boy dropped down to his knees and bit his lips to contain a scream, but Kagome merely closed her eyes and calmed herself. She’d been through worse. “I must rest now.” The old man informed them before he walked inside.

Kagome watched as her grandfather left, before turning to face her brother and shaking her head. Gently pulling him up into her arms, she helped him make it over to the base of Goshinboku and lowered him so that he sat on the roots. The boy calmed slightly as the aura of the tree eased his pain. The energy within her was already being quickly assimilated at an extremely fast pace, but it was causing a tremendous amount of pain in order to do so. Sitting down beside her brother, she pulled him into her lap and began calmly running her fingers through his raven tresses.

Closing her sapphire eyes, she decided to call forth her energy and train with it like she normally tried to do daily. Slowly she drew her energy around herself and began forming weapons as well as pure energy balls. (Kagome.) The voice had her turning within her own mind to see a little one tailed kitsune. What is it? (I’ve collected enough power to become corporeal.) So you’re ready to leave my mind? The miko asked with a giggle. (Hai, you just need to help me.)

Slowly her blue eyes opened and power slowly surrounded her as she called forth her shenki and reiki. Even some youki was swirling in her aura as faint traces of emerald took hold in her eyes. Slowly some of her energy began forming a one tailed kitsune and hardening into a solid form. Slowly a pure white fox sat before her. It had a black star in the middle of its forehead and black swirls like Kirara’s around its paws and tails. Kagome smiled at the small animal and picked her up and cuddled her.

“Kagome?” the voice had the miko looking to her side to see her little brother staring at her curiously. “What are you holding?”

“This is Hikari, and she’s a kitsune. She’s born of my soul’s energy and we have a special connection.” The young miko nuzzled the kit before smiling at her little brother. “I need to get back to Inuyasha, so do you think you’ll be alright by yourself?”

“I’ll be fine nee-san.”

The miko nodded and stood to leave, easily making her way to the well house where her bag was stored and the well was waiting. Once she had the yellow monstrosity on her back, she simply vaulted over the edge of the wooden structure and allowed the blue light to envelope her. Landing in the feudal era, she easily made her way up the side using the vines and started heading for the village. She was met at the edge by her son who promptly threw himself into her arms, “momma!”

“I’m here baby.” She giggled as she easily held him in her arms with Hikari sitting on her shoulder. “Now let’s go find the others.”

“Why’s there another kitsune on your shoulder momma?”

“I’ll explain when we reach the others sweetie.” The boy nodded and quickly directed her to where the others were all waiting for her. When they also noticed the kit on her shoulder they all questioned her reason and Inuyasha stated that he wouldn’t allow her to take in yet another worthless fox, to which Shippo protested. “Hikari is a part of me Inuyasha.”

“What?” He more demanded than asked.

“Hikari is a reflection of my soul, born from my energy. Kirara was Midoriko’s soul spirit as well.”

“Oh.”

Miroku looked curious about that. “How long have you known about this?”

“A while, I released Hikari from within my energy but her consciousness stayed within my mind because she didn’t have the strength needed to maintain a physical form. When Shippo and I bonded, I finally became able to understand her.”

“Right, well let’s just get going.”

“Alright,” Kagome agreed as she gave a nod to the kit on her shoulder. Said kit immediately leapt off and transformed into a larger form that reminded the others of Kirara, just not as large. With a smile, the miko climbed onto her back, quickly followed by Shippo. “She’s not as large or powerful as Kirara, but Hikari only has one tail of power.”

“Feh,” the hanyou grunted out as he took to the trees. Clouds quickly formed around the kitsune’s paws and she took to the air after the half dog demon.

It was later that night when the group had set camp when Kagome approached the hanyou. She was nervous, but knew that she needed to speak with him, “Inuyasha?”

“What is it wench?”

“I need to talk to you.”

“What about?”

Sigh. “I know that Kikyo is nearby.” He froze. “And there’s something that I need to tell you before you go to her tonight.”

“What is it Kagome?” He asked as he slipped from the tree to stand down near her.

“Promise you won’t blow up and will remain quiet until I’m done?”

He nodded. “I promise.”

“I found out that there are demons in my time. For nearly a year I’ve been seeing one and he recently asked formally to court me. I agreed and, well, I love him. I just wanted you to know this so that you don’t continue to feel bad about going to Kikyo.”

“So you’ve moved on, with a demon from your time?” He asked calmly. At her nod, he sighed. “Though I believe you deserve better than some demon, I only want you to be happy and am glad for you.”

“Really, I thought you would’ve blown up at me.”

He sighed. “You know that I promised to descend to hell with Kikyo, this way I know that you’ll be protected. Does he know about the jewel and your time traveling?”

“No, he thinks that I leave to train. Time traveling isn’t exactly the most believable of stories.”

The hanyou nodded with a chuckle. “I hope you know that I intend to meet him.”

She smiled. “I figured, but you have to wear the clothes from my time that are at the shrine.”

“Feh, whatever.”

“And I’m going to see if maybe Shippo can come through the well too.”

“I’m sure the runt would love that.”

“I’m beginning to hate people.” Kagome groaned as they made their way back to the village.

Inuyasha couldn’t help but laugh at her for her choice of words. “You should’ve simply told them that you were being courted by a demon.”

“I wanted them to leave me alone, not shun me.” She grumbled.

Shippo giggled at that before he jumped from Hikari’s back and started running with the dog hanyou. “So what now momma, there aren’t any rumors.”

“I want to go to Totosai’s next trip.” She whispered out.

“Why do ya wanna go to that old man’s?” Inuyasha questioned.

“I want to see if he can make something for Hiei for me.”

“Hiei?”

“My mate-to-be,” she replied with a giggle.

“Kagome!” exclaimed a pregnant slayer as the four month along woman hurled herself at the younger girl. “It’s about time you got back, come on it’s time to train.” And she was quickly dragged off to an open field to which Hikari had followed them to.

The miko was forced to train physically for hours, only getting to rest for a few minutes every two. As she trained, Sango drilled information into her head and told her things she’d need to know in different battles. Then her strength was tested as Sango forced her to push herself to her limits and beyond. She was then handed Sango’s slayer sword and told which stances to take and told different ways to move. It was a little before noon when the small group had returned to the village and Sango drilled her until it was nearly dark. At that point, Miroku appeared to teach her control of her spirit energy.

Her mind was completely tired by the time everything was finished, and so she trudged to the hot spring to bathe in before she’d return home. Once she was safely within the confined warmth of the hot water, she closed her eyes started concentrating on practicing with her shenki. Slowly the energy became physical and snaked along her skin as she tried bending it to her will. When her eyes opened, she was thrilled to see that the energy had surrounded her. Now she needed to become able to summon the energy without the need to meditate first. While she had a long way to go, she was slowly making progress.

The miko moaned in pure bliss as she fell, prone on her bed in a tired heap. She barely registered the fact that Hiei entered her window and slipped behind her while pulling her back into him. His nose nuzzled into her hair as he took in her scent and became content. “You seem out of it.”

“Mmm…. tired.” She barely managed to respond. “Sango and Miroku are evil slave drivers. I’ve been training all day and am expected back by dawn.”

He chuckled as he allowed his arms to wrap around her. “I’m simply glad that I’ll get to see you more often.”

“Mmhmm…” The girl was practically asleep, and so he allowed her to rest.

It was three hours before dawn when she forced herself to wake up and disentangled herself from her lover’s arms. Creeping over to her desk, she opened her laptop and began working on the homework that she’d need to get done. Hiei awoke an hour later and saw what she was doing. “You should be relaxing while you can.”

“I need to do my homework.” She whispered out. “Inuyasha never let’s me get it done, so I’ll do it in the mornings before I need to return.”

“And you listen to this Inuyasha?”

“No.” She answered with a giggle. “He can just be hard to ignore sometimes.”

“Right,” he said with a slight growl. “Well I need to go meet Kurama.”

Her eyes snapped up at that. “Kurama’s a friend of yours?”

“I suppose you could say that.” The fire demon murmured.

She smiled at him. “You know, I’d love to meet your friends sometime Hiei.”

Two weeks went by quickly, and Kagome was sad to think that it was now time for them to be leaving again. It was with a pout that she collected Shippo and Inuyasha so they could try the well. The miko was absolutely thrilled when it worked and immediately ushered everyone into the house. Sneaking into Souta’s room, she borrowed some of his clothes for Shippo before grabbing the clothes which had been bought for Inuyasha. Both demons were immediately shoved into her room and told to hurry and change.

Shippo came out first, stating that the clothing was easy to put on while Inuyasha came out and demanded that she help with the zipper and buttons. Shaking her head at him, she quickly pulled the zipper on his pants up before buttoning his shirt. “Come on, let’s get going.”

“Coming momma,” the kit exclaimed happily as he picked up Hikari and hid her with an illusion. “Now only those with high energy can sense her.”

“Yes, and you look like the cutest human boy I’ve ever seen.” Kagome giggled as she kissed his cheek. His once reddish gold hair was pure gold and his emerald green eyes gleamed with mischief.

“Feh! Let’s just get the damn supplies.”

Smack! “Watch your language Inuyasha.”

“Feh!”

Shaking her head, she took Shippo’s hand and began leading the small group away from the shrine. Before they completely reached the city though, Kagome stopped them and walked behind Inuyasha. Quickly she braided his hair, which he whined about, then she fixed his hat. “There we go.”

The hanyou began grumbling, but she ignored him as she once again started leading the two toward the mall. When they reached it, none of them were paying attention or they would have noticed that Hiei was there with Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara, though they all noticed Kagome and the demon energy which surrounded the boy and man. So they all ended up following the group. “What do you think she’s doing with those demons?” Kuwabara questioned as he looked at her.

Yusuke was the one to answer. “No idea.”

“Hiei and I will follow her. We’ll contact you if we need help.” Kurama stated, and received a nod from the man.

“Well Inuyasha?”

“Ramen wench.” Smack! “I meant Kagome dammit.” Smack! “Would you quit it?”

“Good boy, you didn’t cuss or call me names that time.” She said with a giggle as she pat his head.

“Well I want candy. Lots of candy,” said a golden haired little boy.

“Of course sweetie,” Kagome agreed. “Now what, besides ramen, do you want Inuyasha?”

“Ninja food,” a growl. “What?”

“Do you ever think of anything besides food?”

“Kikyo,” was his snapped response.

“I already knew that one.” The girl grumbled as she glared at him. “If you don’t come up with something, besides food, to look at, we’re going to a toy store. And don’t you dare attack them this time.”

“Feh!” the hanyou exclaimed as he crossed his arms and looked away from her.

“Or maybe we’ll go to the pet store so I can get a collar and a leash for you.” Shippo giggled at her words as Inuyasha glared. However, the hanyou’s ears twitched as he heard a chuckle and so he opened his senses and turned toward two demons who were looking at them. Well, one was glaring at him. “What is it Inuyasha?”

“Demons.”

The girl sighed and turned to look at where he was looking before her eyes lit up. “Kurama, Hiei!” And she was about to race over to them when the hanyou grabbed her arm. The two demons tensed, but she simply turned to him with an innocent look, and sweetly said “Inuyasha.” The half dog demon winced and quickly released her, causing the kit to snicker. The girl then raced to the two demons and threw her arms around Hiei. “I didn’t know you’d be here today.”

“Momma, who’s he?”

That had them turning to the innocent looking kit. “This is Kurama, and this is Hiei.”

“Is Hiei the one courting you?”

“How did you know it wasn’t me who was courting her?” Youko asked as he pushed to the front of the body.

“You’re not momma’s type.” Was his simple reply before he turned to the fire demon and his eyes widened. “You’re nearly as powerful as Fluffy-sama.”

Hiei simply looked at the kit, and Kagome giggled. “That’s a compliment as ‘Fluffy’ is low to mid taiyoukai statused.” The demon’s eyes widened slightly at that as Shippo snickered.

“And you should be proud of mating momma.” Then he shook his head, “standing up to the evil youkai even after he tried melting her with his poison.”

Kagome rolled her eyes. “That was two years ago Shippo.”

“He still tried to do it.”

“Yeah, and you tried stealing from me when we first met, Miroku kidnapped me, Sango attacked us, and even Kouga kidnapped me.”

“You have strange friends then.” Kurama commented.

“Pretty much,” she agreed with a smile.

“Can we just get the damn supplies?”

Smack! “I told you to watch your language Inuyasha.”

“You never give a fuck any other time.”

Smack! “Maybe I want to be civilized for once… unlike some people.” A pointed glare was sent to the hanyou to which he ‘feh’ed and turned away, “baka inu.” The girl grumbled before turning back to the other two men, and the snickering kit.

“Hey!”

Kurama couldn’t help but chuckle at their antics, for it was quite amusing. His action received a slight glare from Hiei, but he ignored it. “So what are these ‘supplies’ that you need?”

“Ramen,” Inuyasha declared.

You could just see the girl’s eye twitching as she tried keeping herself from saying a certain word. Instead, she calmly turned to the hanyou, and smacked the back of his head as hard as she could; toppling him over and onto his face as well as knocking his hat off. “We are not here simply for your noodles.”

“That’s right, momma needs some new kimono since most of hers got ruined.” The kit declared.

That had the two demon’s eyes snapping onto them. “Well if the wench would quit attracting demons, then maybe they wouldn’t get ruined.” I’ll give you one guess on who said that.

“I attract demons?” She questioned as she turned to him.  He immediately shrunk back from her glare and tried to make himself invisible. Turning back to the others with a deceptively sweet smile, she questioned; “would you like to walk around with us?”

The two agreed and Kagome easily began leading them all through the stores. First was a toy store, and they watched as the kit’s eyes enlarged as he looked around at everything before looking up at the girl, “momma?”

“Any three toys.”

With a squeal, he took off to begin searching. Inuyasha kept his mouth shut, amazingly, too scared that Kagome might do ‘it’ in public. Kurama chuckled, and Hiei rolled his eyes. It was the kitsune whom spoke to her. “Are you sure that was wise Kagome?”

With a smile, she nodded. “He deserves any toys he wants.”

A few minutes later saw the kit carrying three inexpensive toys toward them. One was a white stuffed dog that looked really soft and had Inuyasha glaring at it. “What is that thing, runt?”

The boy stuck his tongue out at the hanyou before turning back to his mother. “I wanted to get something for Rin-chan.”

“And I’m sure she’ll love it.” The girl replied with a proud smile. “Now let’s go pay for these.”

After that was done, the group made their way to a clothing store; to the groans of Inuyasha and the resistance of Hiei. Shippo happily complied though, stating that he wanted a new outfit to match his mommy’s. He ended up getting black hakama and a turquoise colored haori. Kagome simply flicked through several things, grabbing what she thought would be nice before making sure everything fit. All in all, they weren’t in the store very long which surprised the men.

“What do you need now?” Kurama questioned as he smiled at the young woman.

“A new sleeping bag… then we have to get the ramen.” A ‘yes’ was heard from a certain inu and she sent a glare his way. “You’re the only one eating it Inuyasha. I’ll hunt if I must.”

“More ramen for me,” once everything was purchased that they needed, it was time to head back to the shrine. Kurama offered to accompany them, which Kagome accepted. Hiei decided that he’d prefer to flit along the roof tops instead of walk with them though. “How come he can do that and I can’t?”

“Because he’s an apparition, not a puppy,” Shippo mumbled. Only Kurama, Kagome, and Hiei heard it though. The fire demon then decided that he liked the kit.

“Remember the last time I let you out of my sight in the city?” Kagome questioned with a small smile. “Mr. Dogman.”

The hanyou blushed, ‘feh’ed, and turned away, causing the others to chuckle. “Evil, worthless wench,” he mumbled as they reached the park near the shrine. Shippo started growling at that, as did Hiei when he appeared near them, and even Kurama seemed perturbed by the hanyou’s words. The girl, however, simply smiled at the inu, causing him to pale considerably. Her face may look innocent, but her eyes clearly promised pain. He started backing away from her. “You wouldn’t, I mean we’re in public.”

The kit suddenly smirked as he cast an illusion around them, making the hanyou pale farther. “Inuyasha…” That voice was unnaturally sweet, and the half inu gulped. “Sit boy.” Bam! Deep breath. “Sit sit sit sit sit sit sit sit sit sit sit sit and sit.” Twitch twitch. Many curse words and swears were heard after that, and Kagome simply rose a brow at him. “Say something Inuyasha?” He instantly quieted and shook his head negatively. “Good.” And she turned, leaving two stunned demons, one hanyou in pain, and the kit was trailing her while laughing madly.

When the demons finally realized that the girl left, they quickly caught up to her. Kurama glanced at her for a moment before questioning “what happened back there?”

“The necklace he wears is called ‘beads of subjugation’. Kaede-baba put them on him when he tried killing me after he saved me from a centipede demon. All I have to do is say the word ‘sit’” thump “and he’s forced down to the ground.”

“He tried killing you? And you still trust him?”

“He had just been betrayed before we met, and he thought everyone was like that. The one who betrayed him was the first to ever show care for him as he’d been shunned his entire life. He’s learned to trust since then.”

“Feh!” cue rolling eyes.

Their progress was slow as they made their way from village to village on the way to Totosai’s forge. After three days, they finally made it to the home of the sword smith, “hey old man!”

The exclamation had the miko shaking her head as she whacked the inu on the back of his head. “Totosai-san, are you here?” She called out as she stepped toward the entrance of the cave.

An old haggard looking man appeared from deep within the cave and he looked at them curiously, “ah, hello Inuyasha, Kagome.”

“I’ve come to ask a favor, Totosai-san.” Kagome said as she smiled at him. “I’d like it if you would make a sword for me. Well, for someone I know.”

“And who would this someone be?”

“A demon that is courting me,” was her simple response. “When one receives the first courting gift, they’re supposed to give the male a gift to show that the courting is accepted.”

“What kind of sword would you be wanting?”

“Umm…” Looking over at Inuyasha, she quickly shoved him outside and told him to go away so she could talk to the smith in private. Though he grumbled, he did as told. “Can you make something that can channel extremely hot fire and chilling ice? And can contain the darkness flame?”

“Darkness flame?” the old man questioned.

“Hai, he controls the dragon and has a jagan eye.” She replied with a smile. “He actually has contained the dragon within his own body, there’s a tattoo of it on his right arm.”

“Interesting,” the old man murmured. “I think I can create a weapon to suit this demon, but tell me this; what breed is he?”

“A fire/ice mix.”

“I thought so.” He said with a nod. “I have an idea for the perfect sword, and there are several things that I am going to need. This sword will take quite some time to make.”

“I completely understand Totosai-san.”

I hope that you enjoy this chapter, as I hope you’ve enjoyed the previous ones. I’m sorry to say that I already finished this story but have yet to have time to post it with everything that is happening. I’ll try to post updates a week apart at the latest.
There are fourteen chapters.

KagHieiLuver (Yep.)

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Music ADD (It’s there for Kagome.)

Foxluna (She won’t be able to enter the tournament, but you’ll see why when the time comes. She’ll definitely be strong. The fox spirit is Hikari, and she’ll be protective. I’ll try to get updates out faster, since I already finished the story.)

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