InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Pure Miko ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

The Pure Miko

 

Chapter 4

 

The sun had just set only two minutes ago. A tint of orange was the only thing that remained of the passing day that was just ending. Night was setting in now. This was a time when the creatures of the night came out to play. Tokyo shined with bright lights. It came to life with the rest of the night creatures even though some of them were not to be messed with. The streets were full of people shopping after a hard day of work. Human children alike crowded together to look at the latest game for their game systems. Others were crowded at the back of various stores looking at the newest anime releases on DVD or at the latest magazine with cheat codes in its pages.

 

Kagome raced down Main Street, weaving her way through traffic. She had raced to her car as fast as she could go without having the staff looking at her like she was some type of mutant. She had grabbed a change of clothes out of her trunk in her car. Kagome did not want anyone to see the real her. She had put her duffel bag on top of her car. She placed a barrier around her. This prevented anyone from looking in on her while she changed, and that included cameras and demons. This, however, did not prevent her from hearing anyone coming close to her. Once she was changed into a new outfit, she moved her college books in her trunk before she had raced off. It would do her no good to have a demon notice her college books and find her at school. Not that she was worried about being found out, but she wanted to be safe just in case. She had learned that from Sesshomaru. Although Sesshomaru didn't run from a fight, he was not known to go into one well prepared for anything that her enemy might do. And that included using people and objects against her.

 

Kagome raced down the road at eighty-nine miles an hour. She pushed her foot down again, reaching ninety-one miles an hour. She smiled and laughed good heartily. Kagome loves to go fast. Speed was a part of her life; she wouldn't give it up for anything in the world.

 

Yep, she had a need, a need for speed. And too be honest, she blamed it on Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. Yep, it is their entire fault. Kagome got use to going fast by riding on Inuyasha's back. Then she got a thrill with flying with Sesshomaru. Most of the time to get to a good field to train in, they had to travel to get there. In order to not drain her energy, Sesshomaru allowed her to fly with him. With the speeds that they reached, Kagome had learned to love speed. The faster she went, the happier she was.

 

Kagome touched small button next to the buttons that controlled the window power on her left. A flat, LCD screen appeared in front of her normal panel that controlled her music settings and air conditioning. She touched a button marked, `Demon Energy' with the tip of her index finger. It immediately changed the screen. On it now was a map of her current position and surrounding areas. It was a huge map of uptown Tokyo. Kagome looked and noticed a blue arrow racing down Main Street. That was she. No, what Kagome was looking for was red dots. The red dots represented demon energy signatures. It didn't matter if it was a half-breed, full-demon, or one-eighth demon. If someone had a microscopic amount of power then this device tracked it. Currently, this screen showed three large and very bright red dots on it. One was past the theater that she was about to pass. That energy was running all over the place. The other two were surrounding her in wait. It was obvious that they hoped to trick her. Their efforts were in vain.

 

Well, it seems as if they are expecting me. I wouldn't want to disappoint them now would I? Kagome chuckled in her mind. She had a feeling that she knew who she was going to meet this evening. She couldn't wait to see him. It had been so long. She wondered if he was the same cold uncaring fire apparition that she remembered him to be.

 

Kagome pulled up three blocks from the theater. She made the extra effort to surpress her miko powers. She looked down at her outfit. She wore black leather pants, a pair of black leather boots, and a leather jacket. Under it was a pure black silk shirt. Her hair shined under her internal car lights. Around her entire attire there was a black silk cloak. It hid her face and eyes from her view. Without the cloak on, her pure black outfit that she wore only showed off her blue eyes even more.

 

Kagome stepped out of her Mustang. She made sure that her cloak was above her head, shielding her from recognition. She dodged a group of young adults on their way to a popular nightclub a few blocks away from the next street over. She calmly walked in the direction of the theater. The streets were packed full of unsuspecting humans. They had no idea that they could be so easily wiped out if one of the demons that she was tracking decided to murder them all with one attack. She felt a burst of energy from in front of the theater.

 

Kagome turned the last block that remained in her way of the theater. Across the street in front of her was the theater. A male demon in all black was leaning against it. Kagome felt the demons surrounding her. They were easily hiding behind various buildings, out of sight to her human eyes.

 

Kagome surpressed all of her powers. She pulled out a small bottle out of her cloak. It was small and inexpensive. She dropped the bottle. It shattered once it hit the ground. A green liquid poured out of it onto the concrete. The liquid did nothing to humans, but it did release a small but potent amount of demon essence into the air. A demon would have to be several miles away to not notice.

 

 

The demon at the theater looked directly at her. His red eyes looked at her with surprise.

 

That got his attention. Now, be good little demons and follow. Kagome walked down a side street. All three of them followed her.

 

Good little demons. She thought with a soft snicker.

 

Kagome led them to a rundown neighborhood. They were no longer in uptown Tokyo anymore. They were now in the slums where the real world existed. This was the place that flattery would not get you out of a bad review. This was not a place where you would avoid your problems, cheat on your spouse, yes, but not on your problems in life. Downtown Tokyo was full of crime and other things that Kagome didn't have time to worry about at this point.

 

Once there were in a secluded area of downtown Tokyo, free of prying Human eyes, Kagome turned around to face the short black-haired demon that was behind her.

 

“You do not belong in the Human world, demon.” Kagome said coldly.

 

The two demons that were surrounding her closed in on her position. They then appeared in front of her. Both had on cloaks that prevented them from being seen. One wore a silver cloak and the other a dark green. It was obvious to Kagome that they also did not want to be seen for what they really were. That was fine with her though. To each his own.

 

“You are human. Why? Where are your other demon buddies?” a male voice asked of her. It came from the demon in the green cloak.

 

“They know you are looking for them. They will not reveal themselves again until you stop.” Kagome said yet again in a cold voice.

 

“Why are you doing this?” the demon in the silver cloak asked. He was also male.

 

“We do this for our own reasons. That is all you need to know.”

 

“How did they come into the Human world?” he asked again.

 

“That is not of your concern.”

 

“Why won't you answer?” the demon in green asked.

 

“I have no need to answer your inquires. I am here to send you a message from my boss.”

 

“Then tell us all ready.”

 

“They will allow you to continue your detective jobs. However, if you continue to pursue them, then they will have to take direct measures to not allow that to happen. Until you give up on finding us, then they will not be out in the open until you do. I will take care of the demons that you cannot.”

 

“What do you mean by you will be taking care of the demons that we can't?”

 

“I will take care of the demons in their stead.” Kagome replied.

 

“You? You are put a human.”

 

Now that annoyed her. Kagome rushed forward to attack the male demon. The demon's energy spiked and continued to grow. Kagome dodged an attack at her from the other demon that she had been previously talking to. The demon that had initially seen her made no move to help his teammates.

 

Kagome evaded a hit from a male demon only to jump back to get away from the assault from the second demon.

 

“Rose whip!” the second demon stated. A green whip covered in thick thorns came at her. She evaded it. She looked behind her to see it coming at her again. Kagome quickened her pace to move behind the first demon.

 

“Ah, shit!” he yelled. He evaded the whip along with Kagome.

 

Kagome appeared behind the demon with the `rose whip'. She tried to kick him forward, but he managed to avoid her attack. He threw a seed at her feet. It rapidly sprouted and held her in place.

 

“Ha, and you can't compete with demons. Get out of the way little girl and tell your bosses that we will find them.”

 

Kagome smiled. “Oh, really?”

 

“Why are you smiling? You are defeated.”

 

“I don't think so,” she said calmly. Kagome moved her hands. She managed to get a hand out of the way of the vines. She put her thumb and middle finger together to snap her fingers. The vines holding her down burst into pieces.

 

“I'm sorry about your plant. I hope you forgive me.” Kagome apologized.

 

They stared at her, not saying a word.

 

Kagome flashed in front of the first demon. She sent a punch at him while she kicked his legs out from under him. He fell down to the ground. Kagome appeared in front of the second demon and slammed him across the street. He hit a building with enough force to make it crumple after he fell to the ground.

 

“Hey, you going to help?” the demon in the street asked of the demon next to the theater.

 

“Feh, you are pitiful, losing to a human.” He disappeared.

 

“Give my message to the Spirit world. Do not try to find us for you will not succeed.”

 

Kagome disappeared.

 

“What the hell?”

 

This was the last thing that she heard before she was out of hearing distance.

 

 

 

 

Kagome calmly walked down a sidewalk. To any bystander, she appeared to be taking a walk to clear her head. You would not have suspected her to be the Shikon Miko or the most powerful holy being in the history of the universe. You would also not have suspected her to have previously been in a fight with two of the most powerful demons of the century. No, at this moment she did not appear to be any of those things. She appeared to be a young healthy woman that was finishing up on her contemplation of her life and problems.

 

However, Kagome was walking in the opposite direction of her Mustang. Kagome crossed the street. She was now back in uptown Tokyo. She walked into a small park that still remained in a city full of skyscrapers and five star hotels. She made her way to a large tree at the back of the park. It was the largest and oldest one there. Standing under it was a dark spot. As Kagome got closer, she noticed that it was the demon that had not helped his teammates.

 

She stopped three feet in front of him. She smiled at his glare. She pushed back the hood on her cloak to reveal her face, eyes, and hair.

 

“Hello, Hiei.”

 

 

 

 

“Damn it!” yelled a very frustrated Yusuke Urameshi.

 

He stormed into his apartment with the door almost swinging off its hinges. Kurama followed him closely. His silver cloak was neatly folded in his arms. Yusuke shed the green cloak that he had on and threw it to the ground. He walked into the room with the television in it. Kuwabara sat up from watching a movie. He hit pause and watched as Yusuke flopped unceremoniously on the couch next to him. He seemed to be blowing steam out of his ears.

 

“What's wrong? Did you get him?”

 

At Kuwabara's questioning, Yusuke went on a rampage of cursing. He would have made a sailor proud if one had been present to hear him now.

 

“No, we didn't.” Kurama answered knowing that Yusuke needed to blow off some steam before he was calm enough to talk to.

 

He set his cloak on the backside of the couch and took a seat like Yusuke did. Although,, he did sit with more grace than Yusuke.

 

“What do you mean? What happened?”

 

“The demons that we had hoped to draw out did not show up. In their stead, they sent a human.”

 

“Not just any human!” Yusuke yelled. “A woman beat us! She was so lucky that I don't kill humans because she was so close to getting killed!”

 

“You…you got beat by a GIRL!” exclaimed a bewildered Kuwabara.

 

“No, she didn't beat me! She ran off before I could deck her! And when I find Hiei I am going to kick his ass! He left without helping.”

 

Kuwabara went into hysterics. He laughed so hard that he fell off of the couch while holding his side.

 

“Shut up! It's not funny!” roared Yusuke. This had the opposite effect on Kuwabara, however. His laughing only got louder at his demand.

 

Yusuke huffed. He was pissed. He knew that a human had beaten him. What made it worse was that not only gotten beaten by a human, but he was defeated by a female none the less. He was a demon for Christ sake! An S class demon to boot! He wasn't supposed to be beaten by a human female! It was unnatural. What was the world coming to? Maybe her beauty distracted him? No, that couldn't be it. He didn't actually see her from under her own cloak. He saw the leather, which he thought looked hot, but he did not see her face. No, that definitely wasn't a good excuse. Maybe he was having a bad day? Yeah, that had to be it! He wasn't feeling well. Why that conniving wench! How could she have taken advantage of him like that? He was going to show her. He was going to enjoy this. He didn't have an honor code like Kuwabara that stated that he couldn't fight girls.

 

Yusuke was brought out of his thoughts when Kurama spoke. Kuwabara was finally finished with laughing at his own expense.

 

“But I wonder how she and her `boss' knew that Spirit world was looking for the?” Kurama asked.

 

“Yeah, that did seem strange.”

 

“I suspect that they either have something that can tell about such things or Spirit world has a spy in their mists.”

 

“We had better report this to the toddler. He is not going to like this news.” Yusuke said in disdain. “I'll give it to him!”

 

Kurama shook his head from side to side. Yusuke loved getting on Koenma's nerves. They had their moments of friendship, but that didn't prevent Yusuke from pushing as many buttons as he could on the Prince of Spirit World.

 

 

 

 

Kagome stood in front of Hiei. Their eyes didn't move from one another.

 

Finally, he spoke. “You have not changed.”

 

“Neither have you.”

 

“How are you alive?”

 

“That is a story for another day.” Kagome evaded his question. He was with the Spirit Detectives after all. She did not know how much he had changed in the past five hundred years.

 

“So how did you get mixed up with the Spirit world, Hiei? Last time I checked that was not in your style.”

 

“That is none of your business, human.”

 

Kagome huffed. “I see that someone woke up on the wrong side of the tree branch.”

 

Hiei simply glared at her.

 

“So why didn't you confront me when you saw me at the University? And why were you hanging around there anyway? The last time I checked you didn't like humans. And Tokyo University is full of them. Or have you changed in the last five hundred years?”

 

“I was not sure that it was you. I only smelled you.”

 

“Ah, I see. You weren't sure were you?”

 

Hiei glared. He did not respond to her attempts at egging him on nor did he answer the other questions presented to him.

 

“Yep, that answers that question.”

 

“What do you mean, woman?”

 

“My name is Kagome, Hiei! Use it!”

 

Hiei glared. Kagome glared back.

 

“And to answer your question you are still the arrogant, rude, and angry demon that I once knew. You have changed a little though. I'll give you that. You seem to have mellowed out some.”

 

Hiei looked away. He seemed to be afraid of what she was about to say next. Oh, yes. He knew what she was getting at. He might not say anything, but Kagome had always had this ability to figure someone out. She was like that five hundred years ago and it seems as if she was still like it now. He took a deep breath. Kagome's naturally sweet and calming scent entered his nose. Cherry blossoms and sweet pea in a perfect blend went through his senses at each breath that he took. That was also why he had chosen this park to meet at. He knew that she would find him. He wanted to smell her with nature surrounding them. The smell of humans and cleaning products would have almost overwhelmed her clean sweet scent if they had met anywhere else.

 

Kagome calmed him. Hiei was not willing to admit to anyone that she calmed him though. He had many enemies and did not want her to get involved in his affairs. But, it seems as if she had learned to defend herself. Hiei could remember a time that she could barely walk without falling. Heck, she had trouble shooting an arrow back then.

 

“You found your sister, didn't you?” Kagome came to a conclusion.

 

Hiei remained silent. He knew that she would figure it out.

 

“Well, you didn't get that Jagon eye implanted for nothing did you?” she asked.

 

“Yes, I found her.” he admitted.

 

“And? Did you tell her?”

 

“No.”

 

“Why not? Hiei, I bet that she has been looking for you as much as you had been looking for her!”

 

“She doesn't need to know.”

 

“Doesn't need to know! Hiei, she is your sister. She has a right to know.”

 

“She deserves more.”

 

“Hiei,” Kagome whispered.

 

Kagome embraced him. Hiei was shocked! What was she doing?

 

Kagome let go of him and stepped back. “Hiei, no one is perfect. I am sure that she will love you even with your past.”

 

“Kagome,” Hiei said tenderly. “I am the Forbidden Child. Who would want that?”

 

Kagome slapped him. Yes, that did happen. Kagome slapped him right across the face. Hiei was to stunned to do anything in retaliation.

 

She had tears in her eyes. “Who cares? You are yourself! It doesn't matter what your heritage is! All that matters is your heart! And you have one, Hiei, you really do! You care more than you want to admit. I can see it in your eyes.”

 

“God, I'm so sick of hearing people back stab others for being born differently. It isn't right. I don't care if you were a deformed guerrilla demon. It doesn't matter what you are made of, all that matters is the heart that rest within.”

 

Kagome moved her right hand to rest over his heart. Tears were freely streaming down her face now.

 

“And I bet that your sister, whoever she is, knows that to.”

 

Hiei was stunned. No one had ever touched or spoken to him like that before. Not even Kurama would have done something like this. Hiei looked at the woman that now stood before him. Nope, she hadn't changed much at all. She was still the compassionate and caring woman that he once knew. She was one of a kind.

 

Kagome waited to see what he would do. She was surprised to be honest. She had expected him to attack her for hitting him like she did. He must have really changed. Five hundred years ago he would have tried to cut her head off for even touching him.

 

“Thank you, Kagome.” Hiei whispered. He didn't know what else to say.

 

“Your welcome. I meant every word of it.”

 

They stayed in silence.

 

“So you gotten any better?” she asked.

 

Hiei gave her a look of do-you-want-to-find-out?

 

“I'll take that as a yes. Besides, I know that you are tremendously stronger. I can feel it without using any of my powers.”

 

“You have gotten considerably better as well.”

 

“Yeah, you could say that.”

 

“You know what?”

 

Hiei waited for her to answer.

 

“You are pretty nice then you aren't being a jerk.”

 

Hiei glared at her.

 

“Will you stop that? Staring will not help. I will keep speaking my mind. And there's nothing you can say to stop me.”

 

Kagome folded her arms in front of her chest. She raised her chin stubbornly.

 

 

Disclaimer: The anime series that I am using as a fanfiction of my own design does and will never be owned by me. The Manga series, Inuyasha, is owned solely by Rumiko Takahashi. And the Manga series, Yu-Yu Hakusho, is owned solely by Yoshihiro Togashi. These two people, whom have better ideas and imaginations than I ever could, created theses anime series. I hold no clam to them. I have gained nothing besides personal satisfaction from this fanfiction.