InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Pure Miko ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

The Pure Miko

 

Chapter 5

 

The sun was soon approaching. The creatures of the night were quickly moving through the forest, trying to hide before the creatures of the day, such as humans, came out. A few were still trying to find that last bit of food before they retired for the night.

 

The break of dawn was coming over the trees of Genkai's forest, the teacher of Yusuke Urameshi and guide to so many with spirit powers. Currently, that was the forest that Hiei was racing through. He was on his way to make sure that his little half-sister, Yukina, was safe. Now, normally, Hiei would just use his Jagon eye to see her, which was one of the reasons that he chose to have it implanted. However, Hiei had taken it upon himself to do this for himself this time. He ran through the forest at a leisurely pace, well what you would call leisurely for him. He jumped on multiple trees and lingered there for a moment before he continued. The reason for this was obvious to any demon with a sense of smell. He was trying hide Kagome's sweet scent from his person. He didn't want to get rid of it, but he knew that he didn't have a choice. Kurama would not be able to smell him for he still clung to his human form to much to notice. However, that could not be said about the detective. He was no longer had that inability. He was not always in his demon form, but that did not mean that he didn't use his demon abilities.

 

All that Hiei had to worry about was making sure that Yusuke didn't encounter Kagome before she was ready to reveal herself. He would also have to inform Kagome that she had to make sure to suppress her miko powers when she wasn't fighting. She didn't want his teammates to recognize her energy signature in public.

 

He did have to worry about Kagome being here though. Kagome had this knack for finding trouble wherever she went. In fact, he had to bail her out of trouble the first time that they had met too. Hiei could remember the first time that he had met the miko named Kagome. It had been five hundred years ago. It was pitch black outside. He was just finishing off a few stupid demons that had annoyed him. They should not have challenged him that was for sure. They had paid with their lives. During that battle he had received a few minor wounds. They were not bad at all really. They would not stop bleeding. He remembered that he had retreated to a forest. He had learned that it was next to a village that did not mind demons being around as long as they did not harm any of the villagers. He was sitting in a tree very close to an old well. That was when she had appeared. Kagome had come up below the tree that he was healing his wounds. He had to admit, he had growled at her as hard as he could. She was a threat to him in his weakened state. But instead of retreating like most sensible humans, she had called out to him.

 

Hiei was brought out of his thoughts by his arrival at the temple of Genkai. He sat upon a tree just outside of the temple. He could see that Genkai and his sister were talking in the main portion of the temple by the open doors that were next to them. With the satisfaction of knowing that Yukina was all right, Hiei made his way back to his teammates.

 

He knew that they would not be happy with him. He just couldn't bring himself to care though. It was amazing how sweet that feeling was. He could blame it on Kagome, but he knew that it was entirely him that was feeling this way. Kagome could make people even like him care about things that they normally wouldn't. She had that affect on people. I mean she could even make him feel important and calm with her simple words and tears. To his knowledge, Kagome was the only person, human or demon, that could do that to someone like him. And Hiei hoped that it would stay that way.

 

 

 

 

Kagome rolled out of bed about three hours after dawn. She looked at her clock and noticed that it read 9:15 in big red numbers.

 

Ah, man! Sesshomaru is not going to be happy. I'm late! Kagome looked at the clock again. He'll live. It is too early to worry about such things.

 

She groaned out loud and made her way to her bathroom.

 

She opened the door. The walls of the bathroom were a light blue with a white trim. Her bathroom had a theme of dolphins. Her entire bathroom was covered in them. She had a large picture of a dolphin on her wall. She had dolphin figures on her counter. On the rack next to the shower there were several towels that various dolphin patterns on it. She had two shower curtains that covered her bathtub. One was on the inside of her shower. It was a plain dark blue plastic material. The other one was on the outside of the shower. It was a cloth material. It had dolphins swimming in the ocean in its fabric.

 

Kagome splashed water on her face while she waited for her shower to heat up. It would do her no good to step into her shower and have a shock of a lifetime because of the introduction of water on her tired face. After she turned off her faucet, she pulled off her robe and stepped into her shower.

 

The scalding hot water streamed down her body. Kagome loved having the hottest of hot water. It soothed her muscles and made her want to stay there as long as she could. Her water bill was the highest bill that she had.

 

Kagome finished taking her shower. She stuck her hand out from behind her shower curtains. She grabbed a towel from the racket next to her shower. She rapped it around her body with her arms above the towel before she stepped out of the shower. She walked out of her bathroom with steam coming out of it. She dried off and got dressed. She put on a pair of black silky pants with a dark blue shirt on. The skirt was sleek and silky. It sparkled at the bottom with tiny sparkling beads. Kagome blow-dried her hair, getting out the tangles that she had acquired after her shower, and applied her make-up. She only applied a little. A small smidgen of eye shadow. It was dark blue like her eyes. It was only a small amount, but it was enough for her. She wore no eyeliner or mascara, no blush and no base.

 

She looked at her clock in her bedroom again. It was now 10:20 in the morning. She walked out of her bedroom, shutting the door as she went, and walked into the kitchen. She grabbed a mug from a cabinet and walked over to the coffeepot. It was already made thanks to the timer that she set before she went to bed the previous night before she went to bed. Although, morning was a more appropriate term instead of night. After all she didn't get home last night until almost dawn. She spent most of her time last night, after talking to Hiei, killing some stupid low-level demons. Most of them were killed in the slums of Tokyo.

 

Kagome poured herself a steaming cup of coffee and took a sip. She felt it rush down her throat and move down to her stomach. She sighed. She loved coffee almost as much as she loved hot chocolate. She would have normally went to a Starbucks and gotten herself the sweet drink. However, she wanted coffee today because of the extra caffeine that it provided.

 

I don't want to hear one word out of him this morning.

 

Kagome slowly drank her coffee. She was in no hurry to be honest. Sesshomaru could wait for his new assistant after she had the ability to think straight.

 

When Kagome finally finished her coffee, she easily washed it out and put it back where it went in her cabinet. Kagome then picked up her car keys and left, but not before she locked her apartment door behind her.

 

 

 

 

Sesshomaru sat at his desk in his office. He looked down at his Rolex. Kagome was late. This did not surprise him though. He had a few of his staff keep watch on the demon energies in the area all last night. He knew that Kagome didn't get to bed until almost dawn.

 

Sesshomaru had decided to make sure that Kagome knew very quickly that he was going to have her. It was official. By the end of…

 

Inuyasha, who came bursting into his office, interrupted Sesshomaru's train of thought.

 

“Who do you think you are? I can't believe that you sent Kagome out on her own for the entire night!” Inuyasha yelled in outrage.

 

“Don't you have work to do Inuyasha.”

 

“I can't believe that you sent my Kagome out there. She doesn't need to be out all night and then have to come here to deal with you!”

 

“Your Kagome!” Sesshomaru demanded.

 

“Yes, my Kagome. You don't have a chance Sesshomaru! Just you remember that I met her first!”

 

“You lost all rights to her when you decided to see that dead corpse behind her back.”

 

“That is over, Sesshomaru, and you know it!”

 

“That may be, but she is mine. I will not let her go like you did.”

 

Inuyasha growled. “You won't have her.”

 

Sesshomaru, in an odd show of emotion, stood up and growled back at him. His eyes were rapidly turning crimson.

 

Inuyasha only growled back at him. Someone coughed from the open doors of Sesshomaru's office.

 

“You know, it will be hilarious when my mom turns you down. Besides, Inuyasha's sources tell me that a fox demon might all ready be planning on courting her.”

 

“What?” Sesshomaru said in a soft dangerous voice.

 

“He is a human avatar. He has the demon, Youko Kurama, inside him.”

 

“How did you find out about that?” Inuyasha demanded of Shippo.

 

“What? Did you really think that your department is the only ones that inform you of anything?”

 

“Does he know who she is?”

 

“My sources say that he doesn't. He just knows that she is a miko.”

 

“Let's make sure it stays that way.” Sesshomaru said.

 

“Yeah, you two could have some competition.”

 

The two brothers growled at him. Suddenly, the elevator on the other side of the floor dinged, indicating that it was opening to allow its occupants to exit.

 

Kagome walked out. She slouched her way to her desk without looking at them.

 

“Hey, Mom!” Shippo greeted enthusiastically.

 

“Shippo, it is way to early to be this cheerful. Please go get me a strong coffee.”

 

Her son nodded and left.

 

“Are you sure that you should be here, Kagome? I mean, you did spend the entire night out.”

 

“I'm sure Inuyasha. I had to come to tell you guys something.”

 

“Really, what?” Inuyasha inquired.

 

“I'll tell you when Shippo gets back.”

 

Silence followed. Kagome laid her head on her desk and closed her eyes. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru didn't want to disturb her because she looked exhausted. Two minutes later, which was too soon for Kagome's taste, Shippo came back with a huge cup of steaming hot coffee in his hand.

 

Once he handed it to Kagome, she greedily started to sip it.

 

“Yummy!” Kagome hummed after she took her first few swallows.

 

“Now that hits the spot!”

 

“Yeah, that's nice. But what do you have to tell us?” Inuyasha asked.

 

Kagome looked at him. “Sit, boy!” she said loudly. She had no fear of saying it too loud here. The other employees could not hear her because they were on a different floor.

 

Inuyasha slammed into the floor. “Damn it, Kagome!”

 

“It is to early to be dealing with your mouth this morning, Inuyasha. Please shut your mouth or I can do it for you.”

 

Inuyasha only grumbled at her. Sesshomaru let a small smile grace his lips before burying it again.

 

“Tell us, Kagome. What is it that you need to tell us?” Sesshomaru asked.

 

“You know the first demon that I had to go against?”

 

“Yeah, two others showed up.”

 

“They were the Spirit Detectives.”

 

“What?”

 

“Yep, you heard me.”

 

“What did you say?” Shippo inquired.

 

“Just that I would take care of all the demon hunts and to not come after you.”

 

“Kagome—” Inuyasha began.

 

“Yeah, I know. You guys are going to have to keep out of the way for a while.” Kagome said before he could finish.

 

“No, that is not what I meant.” Inuyasha said in protest.

 

“What then?” Kagome asked. She would normally have been nicer to him, but she was still getting the caffeine to start working.

 

“You are going to have to do all the missions on your own.”

 

“Yeah, so.” she replied as she took another sip of her cooling coffee.

 

“Kagome, what are you saying? This is your life that is being put on the line.”

 

Kagome looked at Sesshomaru. “Sesshomaru,” she inquired.

 

“Brother, Kagome is more than capable of taking care of herself.”

 

“But, she is going to need help.”

 

“No, Inuyasha, I won't. I can handle some low-class demons on my own.”

 

Inuyasha couldn't reply because the phone on Kagome's desk started to ring.

 

Kagome placed her index finger up to them, indicating that they needed to wait until she finished this call.

 

Kagome picked up the phone on the desk. “Thank you for calling Sesshomaru Taisho's office. This is Kagome speaking, how may I help you?”

 

“No, I'm sorry, he is in a meeting with the other owners at the moment. Would you like to leave a message?”

 

Kagome grabbed a pad of paper out of her desk. Once she had a pin in her hand, she started to write information down as fast as she could.

 

“Yes, sir.”

 

“Yes, sir. I will make sure that he gets the message.” Kagome paused to listen to the person on the other line.

 

“Yes, sir. I will make sure that he gives you a call as soon as he gets out of his meeting.”

 

Kagome laughed.

 

“Yes, sir. Why thank you!”

 

“I hope that you have a wonderful day.”

 

Kagome giggled. “I hope to hear from you again.”

 

“Okay, thank you again, sir. Bye-bye.”

 

Kagome put the phone down and looked up at the three faces that were staring at her.

 

“What?”

 

“Why were you being so `friendly'?” Inuyasha spat the word `friendly' as if it was a curse word.

 

“I was just being friendly.” She leaned forward. “We need to work on your people skills.”

 

She looked at Sesshomaru. “I'll give you this message once this is over.”

 

“There is no need. I all ready know what he needs.”

 

“That maybe, but that does not mean that you won't forget.”

 

“This Sesshomaru does not forget such things.”

 

“Yeah, sure. Keep on thinking that.”

 

He growled. Sesshomaru then thought about a way to get back at her, but still start letting her know his intentions toward her. He moved until he was leaning all the way against her.

 

Sesshomaru moved his lips next to her ear. He breathed in her pleasing scent and whispered in her ear, “You can always teach me what you think that I am lacking, Kagome?”

 

When Sesshomaru said this he added a hint of flirting and lust to his normal voice.

 

He said this low enough so that only Kagome and Shippo could hear it. Inuyasha's half-breed ears were not capable of hearing what he had to say. Which was a good thing in his opinion. He did not want to listen to his bitching. He was going to court Kagome and that was the end of that discussion. No one would tell him other wise, not even the woman of his dreams. She may refuse him in the end, but he was going to fight for her. And no one was going to deny him this desire.

 

Kagome blushed. She didn't know how to respond to that. If she was not incorrect in her hypothesis, then she would have to say that Sesshomaru was flirting with her. That was not what she had expected from him. Nope, not one bit.

 

Kagome was saved the embarrassment of answering his request when her phone rang again.

 

She picked it up. “Thank you for calling Sesshomaru Taisho's office. This is Kagome speaking, how may I help you?”

 

Kagome smiling face turned into a frown.

 

“Where?” she asked.

 

“Yes, I will get right on it.”

 

Kagome rung up the phone without a farewell. “It seems that I have to go take care of some business, guys. I will be back later.”

 

Kagome stood up. All previous signs of fatigue were now gone. She had a look of determination on her face. She grabbed her purse and keys from her desk.

 

“I shall talk to you later. Stay out of trouble of Inuyasha.

 

“Hey! I resent that comment!”

 

“More like represent.” Kagome said as the elevator doors were closing, hiding from her view the argument that was about to start between two half-brothers.

 

 

 

Hiei was sitting in the window seal of Yusuke's apartment. Kurama was sitting on the couch. He was just calmly sitting here, saying nothing.

 

He was being forced at this moment to listen to the dumb detective's ranting and raving. Between the interesting and numerous curse words, Yusuke was asking him why he did not help them.

 

After twenty minutes of listening to him, Hiei was finally tired of listening to him. It wasn't the fact that he was actually being lectured to because it wasn't. He wasn't even bothering to listen to the useless prattle to be honest. What really annoyed him was the fact that his ears were ringing. Yusuke was obviously not affected by his own yelling, or it could be that he was too mad to pay attention to the ringing in his ears. Hiei personally thought that it was the latter.

 

Hiei stood up and growled in a low dangerous tone.

 

“Enough. I will not assist you if you are so easily beaten by a wench.”

 

“I was not beaten by a woman.”

 

“No, Yusuke, we were beaten by a human female.” Kurama commented.

 

Yusuke didn't know what to say.

 

“I am leaving. I have my communicator if you need me.” Kurama said.

 

He then left.

 

 

 

 

Kagome watched as the demon fell to the ground dead. She looked around her one more time before she tapped him with her right index finger. She pushed a tiny amount of energy through her finger. She didn't want the Spirit world to notice her use of powers.

 

Her energy purified him. The only thing left of him was a small pile of ashes. And that was quickly blown away with the wind. Normally, the small shot of purification that she had sent through his body would not have been enough. The small amount that she used was only enough to get rid of the body. That was the reason she had to kill him first.

 

Kagome stepped out of the alleyway that she was standing in. She quickly moved with the rush of people moving about on their lunch break. She had parked a few blocks away. She knew that it was pointless to try to drive her Mustang in this traffic. That suited her though. She had learned to love walking in the Feudal Era.

 

Kagome was contemplating where she was going to go for lunch when she heard her name being called.

 

“Kagome!” someone shouted.

 

Kagome turned around.

 

Kurama was jogging toward her. Kagome also happened to notice that several young woman swooned at the sight of him.

 

“Hey! You shouldn't do that you know.”

 

“What do you mean?” he asked once he was walking beside her.

 

Kagome indicated to the giggling woman that he had just passed.

 

“Oh,” Kurama said.

 

“I take it that you do that a lot?” Kagome asked. She continued to walk forward. Kurama kept up with her pace.

 

“I have no idea what you are talking about, Kagome.” Kurama denied.

 

“Of course.”

 

“I have to admit that I hate it.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“I hate it when they do that.”

 

“You mean go into a giggling fit.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“I have no interest in someone like that.”

 

Kagome nodded. She knew how he felt. Kouga, a wolf demon, use to make declarations of love to her. The first time that he did she had to admit that she was flattered. The times that had followed only got on her nerves.

 

Kagome and Kurama then went to lunch. It was then that Kurama learned of Kagome's love of oden.

 

“So, how did your interview go? Did you get the job?”

 

“Yes, I did. I'm surprised that you even remembered.”

 

“Of course I would remember something like that. After all, I had to have a reason as to why a beauty such as you would leave me so quickly.”

 

Kagome blushed.

 

Kagome and Kurama continued to talk. They spoke about many things. Most of it was about their classes, pets, and weather. Nothing was to personal for either of them, which was fine with Kagome.

 

As their lunch together progressed, Kagome felt more like herself than she had in a long time. She felt so comfortable with Kurama. She didn't know what that meant, but at this moment she wasn't going to question it.

 

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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.