InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Protector ❯ Part Two ( Chapter 2 )
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By: hjhinkle 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 07.24.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 1.0K | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 07.24.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 1.0K | Status: Work In Progress
Summary: Accustomed to living in the past, Kagome must now prepare for the future by surviving the present. This is an InuYasha and Yu Yu Hakusho crossover focusing on Hiei and Kagome.
Disclaimer: (1) InuYasha is (c) Rumiko Takahashi, Viz Comics, et al. (2) Yu Yu Hakusho is (c) Yoshihiro Togashi/Shueisha, FUJI TV, Shonen Jump, and PIERROT. Licensed by FUNimation Productions, Ltd.
THE PROTECTOR
(PART 2 OF 4)
Hiei tuned out Kuwabara and Yusuke's ranting about a ningen teacher, Iwamoto, detaining them from accompanying Kurama and he to investigate the reiki incident site. Instead of listening to their insignificant prattle, he was absorbed with studying the girl they had stumbled upon at Sunset Shrine. Probing her mind at Koenma's behest, he received flashes of a hanyou, houshi, taijiya, neko-youkai, and child kitsune. Overshadowing these five was an evil entity ruthlessly seeking the-
She revived before he could delve further and, in a blink, their case was solved. Reiki-less no longer, she was irrefutably who (or what) they had been tracking. The raw power emanating from her rendered the reikai tantei speechless.
Unfortunately, she had no such vocal impediment. When her vision cleared and Hiei came into focus, she yelled. The yell's high pitch resonated the containment cell, impairing Kurama and his enhanced youkai hearing.
Yusuke, despite his apprehension of the vast reiki, facetiously noted, "Well, at least her lungs work. Even if the rest of her isn't at a hundred percent."
"InuYasha," she rasped. "I want InuYasha."
InuYasha? Dog demon?
Hiei, intuit to Koenma's approach, stepped aside and gave him wide berth to their prisoner. Pleasantries were not exchanged. "Who are you?"
The bedraggled girl warily looked from Koenma to the remainder of their motley crew. She showed no astonishment at being interrogated by a tot, signifying that she was accustomed to the abnormal. Intriguing.
Her fist constricted at the inquiry of her identity and Kurama, being one for details, spotted the action. "Her hand. Check it."
"No," she pitiably refused when Hiei advanced. "Don't."
Resolute to unravel the mystery she presented, he latched onto her arm and pried rigid fingers loose. A luminous jewel lied in the cusp. As soon as he caught a glimpse of the bauble, a purification beam was discharged from her free hand. The beam roughly propelled him into a wall and caused momentary disorientation.
She had surprised him again.
Regaining his footing, Hiei was braced to pounce. Koenma's sudden directive to stand down was all that saved her misbegotten life. He impatiently awaited the Reikai prince's reasoning for defending the ama. He wanted answers and he wanted answers now.
Gawking at the jewel, Koenma implored, "Say that isn't what I think it is."
There was a bitter curl to her lips as she unsuccessfully struggled to sit erect on the cell cot. "Okay. It isn't what you think it is."
"Oh, man. My dad's going to kill me!"
"He's going to have to take a number unless you tell us what's going on," Yusuke grumbled in the background.
Koenma had bigger concerns than Yusuke's bullying. "Five hundred years. It vanished five hundred years ago. How do you have the Shikon no Tama?"
Hiei and Kurama inhaled sharply at mention of the Shikon no Tama. The jewel was considered a legend by many. A fabrication. Was Koenma correct? Did this slip of a girl have the jewel? Is that why so much reiki radiated from her?
"You're the miko of the Shikon no Tama, aren't you?" He insisted. "It isn't tainted by you. You must be."
"I'm not gettin' any bad vibes from her," Kuwabara supplemented. "It's as if she's... pure."
"InuYasha. I want InuYasha."
At this stage, Koenma would not deny the modest request. Whatever the miko of the Shikon no Tama desired. If it would placate her, this InuYasha would be brought in. How hard could it be to fetch a dog demon? "Yes, yes," he promptly agreed. "Where is he?"
A forlorn expression crossed her disfigured visage. "I have no idea."
Sapped, she was close to losing consciousness when Koenma assured, "It doesn't matter. He'll be located. What's your name?"
"Ka. Go. Me."
# # #
This is the end...
...or so I believe.
Naraku is utilizing me as a screen to deter InuYasha. I am his trump card. He is convinced that InuYasha will not forfeit me for the Shikon no Tama.
Ahou.
The concept of self-sacrifice is foreign to him. He does not comprehend that no cost is too steep when it comes to his being vanquished. Those who are impartial would claim that I, a girl from the future, am a small price to pay in achieving this aim.
"Hiraikotsu!"
Sango is not impartial. And it is thanks to her partiality that I am granted a reprieve from martyrdom.
At her war cry, Sango's sizeable boomerang sails and InuYasha pauses his frontal assault. Her weapon crashes into its designated target - Naraku. He and I collapse from the force of impact. As luck would have it, he suffers the brunt of the blow, which leads him to lose his hold on the jewel and me. Now is my chance.
Shoving at the dazed Naraku, I grab the jewel. Sango and InuYasha shout in accord, "Run!"
"Uhhhn." Kohaku thrusts the sickle of his kusari gama into Sango's back. Though I was not there to bear witness, I am certain the stab is sickeningly reminiscent of his past betrayal. His past puppeteered betrayal.
I waver, yearning to assist. Miroku then enters the brother-sister conflict by disarming and knocking Kohaku, Kagura's newest undead partisan, aside. He kneels to tend Sango.
Recuperated, Naraku gets up and InuYasha swiftly barricades himself between us to abet my getaway. "Kagome, run!"
Jewel in hand, I do as bade.
# # #
The infant ruler sat at the overlarge desk of his Reikai office and tutored the detectives on the history of the Shikon no Tama and its properties. Everyone was engrossed; Hiei was no exception. His demeanor to the topic was, as usual, indifferent while he intently processed what was being said.
There was a miko warrior, Midoriko, with the ability to extract a youkai's soul and purify it. Midoriko's ability was so capacious that she could destroy ten youkai at a time and, on account of this, the youkai feared her. They plotted her demise. The youkai came across a man who coveted Midoriko and possessed him. A battle involving Midoriko and the youkai that had possessed this man raged for seven days and seven nights. On the seventh day, Midoriko was weakened and the youkai began devouring her. Too weak to purify them, in a final act of valor, Midoriko extracted the youkai souls and entrapped them within herself. Afterward, Midoriko and the youkai perished. The Shikon no Tama was born from their deaths - a sacred jewel that houses the souls of Midoriko and the youkai. A jewel that increases its owner's strength and can endow its owner with a wish. Inside the jewel, the battle of Midoriko and the youkai persists and, therefore, the jewel can be good or evil. A good soul can purify the jewel and an evil soul can corrupt it.
Yusuke was skeptical. "Let me get this straight. All of that reiki isn't her? The bulk of it is from that teensy-weensy jewel?"
"Exactly," Koenma confirmed. "And the emission of reiki proves that Kagome-sama is a fitting keeper of the jewel. It's not tainted by her. If she were evil, the jewel would be corrupted and we would sense youki."
Kuwabara scratched his head in confusion. "Why don't we sense anything when she's asleep? I don't get it."
"Well, I have a theory..." Koenma pensively trailed off.
Kurama prodded, "The theory being?"
"It's a defense mechanism. When Kagome-sama is asleep [out of it] she can't protect the jewel, so her body instinctively cloaks its ki."
Hiei was not buying it. "Your theory's flawed. It doesn't explain why we didn't feel the jewel's existence before today."
"This isn't adding up," Yusuke snapped. "We need to wake her and get definite answers."
As one, they pivoted and regarded Kagome clutching the jewel in repose. She had been moved from the containment cell and was now soundly sleeping on a specially acquired futon in the rear of the room. Cleaned and bandaged, her condition was steadily improving. Extra rest was essential for a full recovery and, because of this, Koenma was hesitant to wake her. It was vital that she recover quickly.
"We won't bother her," Koenma decided. "We'll fulfill the promise to locate this InuYasha and perhaps he can clue us in."
Yusuke's eyes glinted in anticipation. "Maybe I'll get to beat the info outta him."
"No unnecessary fighting," he was warned. "This is a goodwill mission. We want Kagome-sama as an ally and, if InuYasha is with her, we want him too."
"Urameshi the diplomat," Kuwabara guffawed.
Kurama chuckled. "A public relations nightmare to be sure."
"Hmpf," Yusuke muttered at the jesting. "It's a simple search and retrieval. Kuwabara couldn't even mess it up. Quit your bellyaching, toddler. This'll be a piece of cake."
Famous last words, Hiei thought.
TO BE CONTINUED
Terms To Know
Ahou: Moron.
Ama: Bitch.
Hanyou: Half-demon.
Hiraikotsu: A large bone boomerang. Primary weapon of Sango.
Houshi: Monk/Priest.
Jagan: This is the third eye implanted in Hiei's forehead. It enables him to see at great distances, read minds, etcetera.
Ki: Spirit power. There are two types: reiki and youki.
Kitsune: Fox.
Kusari Gama: A Japanese sickle that is attached to a chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. The wielder may attack with either the chain or the sickle. The ideal way to use it is to tangle the enemy's weapon in the chain and then strike or disable with the sickle.
Miko: Priestess.
Neko-youkai: Cat demon.
Ningen: Human.
Reikai: As in Yu Yu Hakusho, the spirit world.
Reikai Tantei: Spirit detectives.
Reiki: Spirit power that is inherent in denizens of Reikai (spirit world) and Ningenkai (human world). Power levels vary.
-sama: Denotes respect to a person of a higher social class, such as royalty.
Shikon no Tama: Jewel of Four Souls. It is a powerful, sacred jewel that contains the souls of an ancient warrior, Midoriko, and many demons. To possess even a fragment of the jewel will dramatically increase its owner's strength.
Taijiya: Demon exterminator.
Youkai: Demon.
Youki: Spirit power that is inherent in demons. Power levels vary.
Disclaimer: (1) InuYasha is (c) Rumiko Takahashi, Viz Comics, et al. (2) Yu Yu Hakusho is (c) Yoshihiro Togashi/Shueisha, FUJI TV, Shonen Jump, and PIERROT. Licensed by FUNimation Productions, Ltd.
(PART 2 OF 4)
Hiei tuned out Kuwabara and Yusuke's ranting about a ningen teacher, Iwamoto, detaining them from accompanying Kurama and he to investigate the reiki incident site. Instead of listening to their insignificant prattle, he was absorbed with studying the girl they had stumbled upon at Sunset Shrine. Probing her mind at Koenma's behest, he received flashes of a hanyou, houshi, taijiya, neko-youkai, and child kitsune. Overshadowing these five was an evil entity ruthlessly seeking the-
She revived before he could delve further and, in a blink, their case was solved. Reiki-less no longer, she was irrefutably who (or what) they had been tracking. The raw power emanating from her rendered the reikai tantei speechless.
Unfortunately, she had no such vocal impediment. When her vision cleared and Hiei came into focus, she yelled. The yell's high pitch resonated the containment cell, impairing Kurama and his enhanced youkai hearing.
Yusuke, despite his apprehension of the vast reiki, facetiously noted, "Well, at least her lungs work. Even if the rest of her isn't at a hundred percent."
"InuYasha," she rasped. "I want InuYasha."
InuYasha? Dog demon?
Hiei, intuit to Koenma's approach, stepped aside and gave him wide berth to their prisoner. Pleasantries were not exchanged. "Who are you?"
The bedraggled girl warily looked from Koenma to the remainder of their motley crew. She showed no astonishment at being interrogated by a tot, signifying that she was accustomed to the abnormal. Intriguing.
Her fist constricted at the inquiry of her identity and Kurama, being one for details, spotted the action. "Her hand. Check it."
"No," she pitiably refused when Hiei advanced. "Don't."
Resolute to unravel the mystery she presented, he latched onto her arm and pried rigid fingers loose. A luminous jewel lied in the cusp. As soon as he caught a glimpse of the bauble, a purification beam was discharged from her free hand. The beam roughly propelled him into a wall and caused momentary disorientation.
She had surprised him again.
Regaining his footing, Hiei was braced to pounce. Koenma's sudden directive to stand down was all that saved her misbegotten life. He impatiently awaited the Reikai prince's reasoning for defending the ama. He wanted answers and he wanted answers now.
Gawking at the jewel, Koenma implored, "Say that isn't what I think it is."
There was a bitter curl to her lips as she unsuccessfully struggled to sit erect on the cell cot. "Okay. It isn't what you think it is."
"Oh, man. My dad's going to kill me!"
"He's going to have to take a number unless you tell us what's going on," Yusuke grumbled in the background.
Koenma had bigger concerns than Yusuke's bullying. "Five hundred years. It vanished five hundred years ago. How do you have the Shikon no Tama?"
Hiei and Kurama inhaled sharply at mention of the Shikon no Tama. The jewel was considered a legend by many. A fabrication. Was Koenma correct? Did this slip of a girl have the jewel? Is that why so much reiki radiated from her?
"You're the miko of the Shikon no Tama, aren't you?" He insisted. "It isn't tainted by you. You must be."
"I'm not gettin' any bad vibes from her," Kuwabara supplemented. "It's as if she's... pure."
"InuYasha. I want InuYasha."
At this stage, Koenma would not deny the modest request. Whatever the miko of the Shikon no Tama desired. If it would placate her, this InuYasha would be brought in. How hard could it be to fetch a dog demon? "Yes, yes," he promptly agreed. "Where is he?"
A forlorn expression crossed her disfigured visage. "I have no idea."
Sapped, she was close to losing consciousness when Koenma assured, "It doesn't matter. He'll be located. What's your name?"
"Ka. Go. Me."
This is the end...
...or so I believe.
Naraku is utilizing me as a screen to deter InuYasha. I am his trump card. He is convinced that InuYasha will not forfeit me for the Shikon no Tama.
Ahou.
The concept of self-sacrifice is foreign to him. He does not comprehend that no cost is too steep when it comes to his being vanquished. Those who are impartial would claim that I, a girl from the future, am a small price to pay in achieving this aim.
"Hiraikotsu!"
Sango is not impartial. And it is thanks to her partiality that I am granted a reprieve from martyrdom.
At her war cry, Sango's sizeable boomerang sails and InuYasha pauses his frontal assault. Her weapon crashes into its designated target - Naraku. He and I collapse from the force of impact. As luck would have it, he suffers the brunt of the blow, which leads him to lose his hold on the jewel and me. Now is my chance.
Shoving at the dazed Naraku, I grab the jewel. Sango and InuYasha shout in accord, "Run!"
"Uhhhn." Kohaku thrusts the sickle of his kusari gama into Sango's back. Though I was not there to bear witness, I am certain the stab is sickeningly reminiscent of his past betrayal. His past puppeteered betrayal.
I waver, yearning to assist. Miroku then enters the brother-sister conflict by disarming and knocking Kohaku, Kagura's newest undead partisan, aside. He kneels to tend Sango.
Recuperated, Naraku gets up and InuYasha swiftly barricades himself between us to abet my getaway. "Kagome, run!"
Jewel in hand, I do as bade.
The infant ruler sat at the overlarge desk of his Reikai office and tutored the detectives on the history of the Shikon no Tama and its properties. Everyone was engrossed; Hiei was no exception. His demeanor to the topic was, as usual, indifferent while he intently processed what was being said.
There was a miko warrior, Midoriko, with the ability to extract a youkai's soul and purify it. Midoriko's ability was so capacious that she could destroy ten youkai at a time and, on account of this, the youkai feared her. They plotted her demise. The youkai came across a man who coveted Midoriko and possessed him. A battle involving Midoriko and the youkai that had possessed this man raged for seven days and seven nights. On the seventh day, Midoriko was weakened and the youkai began devouring her. Too weak to purify them, in a final act of valor, Midoriko extracted the youkai souls and entrapped them within herself. Afterward, Midoriko and the youkai perished. The Shikon no Tama was born from their deaths - a sacred jewel that houses the souls of Midoriko and the youkai. A jewel that increases its owner's strength and can endow its owner with a wish. Inside the jewel, the battle of Midoriko and the youkai persists and, therefore, the jewel can be good or evil. A good soul can purify the jewel and an evil soul can corrupt it.
Yusuke was skeptical. "Let me get this straight. All of that reiki isn't her? The bulk of it is from that teensy-weensy jewel?"
"Exactly," Koenma confirmed. "And the emission of reiki proves that Kagome-sama is a fitting keeper of the jewel. It's not tainted by her. If she were evil, the jewel would be corrupted and we would sense youki."
Kuwabara scratched his head in confusion. "Why don't we sense anything when she's asleep? I don't get it."
"Well, I have a theory..." Koenma pensively trailed off.
Kurama prodded, "The theory being?"
"It's a defense mechanism. When Kagome-sama is asleep [out of it] she can't protect the jewel, so her body instinctively cloaks its ki."
Hiei was not buying it. "Your theory's flawed. It doesn't explain why we didn't feel the jewel's existence before today."
"This isn't adding up," Yusuke snapped. "We need to wake her and get definite answers."
As one, they pivoted and regarded Kagome clutching the jewel in repose. She had been moved from the containment cell and was now soundly sleeping on a specially acquired futon in the rear of the room. Cleaned and bandaged, her condition was steadily improving. Extra rest was essential for a full recovery and, because of this, Koenma was hesitant to wake her. It was vital that she recover quickly.
"We won't bother her," Koenma decided. "We'll fulfill the promise to locate this InuYasha and perhaps he can clue us in."
Yusuke's eyes glinted in anticipation. "Maybe I'll get to beat the info outta him."
"No unnecessary fighting," he was warned. "This is a goodwill mission. We want Kagome-sama as an ally and, if InuYasha is with her, we want him too."
"Urameshi the diplomat," Kuwabara guffawed.
Kurama chuckled. "A public relations nightmare to be sure."
"Hmpf," Yusuke muttered at the jesting. "It's a simple search and retrieval. Kuwabara couldn't even mess it up. Quit your bellyaching, toddler. This'll be a piece of cake."
Famous last words, Hiei thought.
Terms To Know
Ahou: Moron.
Ama: Bitch.
Hanyou: Half-demon.
Hiraikotsu: A large bone boomerang. Primary weapon of Sango.
Houshi: Monk/Priest.
Jagan: This is the third eye implanted in Hiei's forehead. It enables him to see at great distances, read minds, etcetera.
Ki: Spirit power. There are two types: reiki and youki.
Kitsune: Fox.
Kusari Gama: A Japanese sickle that is attached to a chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. The wielder may attack with either the chain or the sickle. The ideal way to use it is to tangle the enemy's weapon in the chain and then strike or disable with the sickle.
Miko: Priestess.
Neko-youkai: Cat demon.
Ningen: Human.
Reikai: As in Yu Yu Hakusho, the spirit world.
Reikai Tantei: Spirit detectives.
Reiki: Spirit power that is inherent in denizens of Reikai (spirit world) and Ningenkai (human world). Power levels vary.
-sama: Denotes respect to a person of a higher social class, such as royalty.
Shikon no Tama: Jewel of Four Souls. It is a powerful, sacred jewel that contains the souls of an ancient warrior, Midoriko, and many demons. To possess even a fragment of the jewel will dramatically increase its owner's strength.
Taijiya: Demon exterminator.
Youkai: Demon.
Youki: Spirit power that is inherent in demons. Power levels vary.