Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction / Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Mayakashi ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

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Warnings: Mild Language

Endgame

 

Kagome ran with as much speed as her Shunpo could allow. Which, after her training with Yoruichi, was a force to be reckoned with. Regardless, she felt like she couldn't get away fast enough.

Finally, she found herself in front of another set of considerably smaller, but no less ornate, doors.

“Come in!”

Kagome blinked in surprise, having not even knocked or made a sound to indicate that she was there. She went in, and found a person a lot less terrifying than Enma sitting behind a large desk.

But, while his appearance was unimpressive, Kagome shuddered at the power coming from the brunette teenager's body.

“And who the heck're you?” the boy growled, looking up from his desk.

“Oh… um… I'm Kagome… Kagome Higurashi, Lord Koenma, sir,” she said, bowing.

“Kagome Higurashi… Okay… So, why are you here?”

“Um… Lord Enma just sent me…”

“And what are you? Why would he do that?”

“Uh… I'm a Shinigami. And I'm supposed to be on your team of… Spirit Detectives?”

At that, the teenager broke out into body-shaking laughter.

“A Shinigami!? I don't need another Botan around! That girl causes me enough trouble!”

“Perhaps I wasn't direct enough… I'm Gotei 13 5th Division Captain, Kagome Higurashi. I was called here because I knew about youkai, and your father doesn't want me to let the fact that they exist slip to the other Shinigami.”

His mirth died, and he straightened.

“I see… If my father wants it, I've got no choice… But please, don't end up getting yourself killed. They're all rather… volatile.”

He reached into his desk and she reacted just fast enough to catch the weird device he threw at her head. On closer inspection, she found it to be a bright pink makeup compact.

“Umm… What?”

“That is a communicator. I don't have anything for you to do now, but I'll contact you through that if the team needs your help. Anything else?”

“Yeah. I think you don't want me here about as much as I don't want to be here. But I'd also prefer not to die, as I have a lot of responsibilities and people I don't want to leave, so how about we at least try to work together?”

The man gave her an appraising look, eyebrow quirked and a bemused smirk on his face as he studied her.

“You're rather direct. You might get along well with Yusuke and Kurama. I believe we can work together, Captain Higurashi, as long as you show me the proper respect. And for the record, I knew all about you before you even stepped through my door,” he added, smirking.

Kagome's eye twitched, but she tamped down her ire.

“I see… Then you might be able to answer me. Just out of curiosity, do you know why your father would want me under such a close watch? If the youkai are so weak that they completely escape Shinigami notice, why the hell would you need my help?”

“I can answer that, but only if you swear not to mention it to him.”

“My god you people are secretive,” Kagome groaned.

“It comes with the territory,” Koenma said, shrugging.

“Then I promise not to mention it.”

“Very good… My father heard of Naraku and Aizen. As well as the Shikon no Tama and Hogyoku. Enma suspects that Aizen may have somehow learned of the Makai.”

“I can guess,” Kagome growled.

“Oh?”

“That… ahem… Naraku was a hanyo capable of generating incarnations. And absorbing knowledge. The same day that I found out he was here, he told me he'd spent most of the day absorbing peoples' knowledge. If he happened to have gotten a youkai's knowledge, he'd know about the Makai.”

“Oh? That's not good,” Koenma said, becoming quickly depressed.

“That's not all. Aizen's building an army. He's making stronger soldiers using something that Naraku left behind… Whatever it is, it won't be good.”

“You have no idea. Just like the Reikai, the Makai has a king. We believe that this… Sosuke Aizen… he wants to become the king of the Makai.”

“Why the hell would he want to do that? From what I understand, he wants to use Karakura Town to make the King's Crest… and… come here… shit!”

“Indeed. My father believes that he wants to first go the Makai and build a youkai army. After the last two attempts he's made, and the subsequent crushing losses, he would want something stronger than the Arrancar.”

“But still, it doesn't make sense. He could just as easily just increase the numbers of powerful Arrancar with that stone of his…”

“It's true. He very well could do that. We believe that he may use the new army to take over the Ningenkai, and then Soul Society. And then, he will most likely use his gigantic new army to finally take over the Reikai.”

“That's bad…”

“We believe it will be a systematic destruction of all people, until he becomes the ruler of everything. And there has been a steady rise in the number and power of youkai that are appearing in the Ningenkai. They're starting to become the highest level. We have strong suspicions that Aizen is behind it.”

Kagome gasped, staring at him with horror.

“That… My god…”

Suddenly, her features hardened, and she dropped to a knee.

“Thank you for telling me this, Lord Koenma. I swear that I will do everything in my power to stop Aizen. I'll be taking my leave, then, Lord Koenma,” she said, bowing.

And then, she vanished in a blur so fast that even Koenma was stunned…

 

Kagome crossed into the Ningenkai, wanting to visit her family again and make up for her last visit.

As soon as she got near the steps, she was assaulted by her not-so-little-anymore little brother's body. She grunted as they both went down, and she began to see stars.

“Hey!”

“Sorry, sis! I didn't mean to do that,” he said, smiling sheepishly.

“Yeah, I can tell you're all broken up over it,” Kagome grunted, lifting him off of her and standing, a frown on her face.

And it disappeared when she saw what it was that he was wearing.

Long, black slacks and a black, striped polo shirt. Which, for her brother, was practically business attire.

“Something happening?” she asked, noticing how he suddenly blushed beet red.

“Um… Yeah, you can say that…”

Kagome grinned, and her brother got even redder.

“Oh?”

“It… It's nothing!” he said, trying to get past her.

“Souta, are you leaving to meet Karin?” their mother's voice rang from deep inside the house.

Souta groaned and buried his head in his hands, every inch of visible skin now darkening.

“Oh? Karin, huh?” Kagome asked, smirking devilishly.

“Um… Uh…”

“Wow, you must be a genius in class,” Kagome remarked, loving making her brother so embarrassed.

“I… It's not what you think! She just happens to be playing baseball nearby, and she asked if I wanted to hang out afterwards…”

“I see… Aww! Souta's finally found a date!”

“Sh… Shut up! It's not a date,” her brother yelled through his hands.

“Just be sure nothing happens to her, or Ichigo might hurt you,” Kagome said, the smirk getting wider when he shuddered.

“You… You'd protect me! …Right?” he asked, seeing her considering look.

“Well, I don't know. I don't know that I could. And as older siblings go, Ichigo's definitely scary. Last time I was over there, a kid came to hang out with Yuzu, and Ichigo looked like he was going to interrogate the poor kid. Good thing Orihime was there.”

“Uh… Well, thank god you'd never do that!” Souta said, trying to fight off his embarrassment.

“Who knows? So… was Karin the reason I missed you last time?”

“No!”

“Oh? You know, you definitely suck at lying,” Kagome said, smirking.

“Shut up!”

“Aww! You're so adorable when you're humiliated,” Kagome mocked, ruffling his hair.

And then, he smacked her hand away and took off, Kagome still grinning evilly.

“If you get back from your date before it gets too late, I'll show you some Kido!” she yelled to his back.

“Really? Thanks… Ugh!”

“Haha! Told you,” Kagome laughed. “Well, have fun!”

She left him before he could actually throw something at her, still giggling as she went into the kitchen.

“Kagome, that was rather cruel,” her mother chided, though there was a glint of amusement in her eyes.

“Yeah, well, hanging out with Shinji's made me kind of sadistic,” Kagome said with a shrug. “Besides, I didn't get to do that last time.”

“I see… Speaking of last time-”

“I haven't gotten a chance to see Uryuu,” Kagome groaned.

“Kagome-”

“I was planning to!” Kagome said, hands up defensively. “I just got… really busy. I'm going to visit him after I leave here.”

The disappointed look her mother was giving her made Kagome feel like a small child again, and she didn't like it one bit.

“Look, I get that I didn't make a good decision.”

“Nineteen and pregnant,” her mother scoffed.

“In my defense, I'll be twenty in a few days.”

“Right. Twenty and pregnant. Really, Kagome. Are you even sure that you-”

“Regardless of Uryuu being involved or not, I'm going to take responsibility,” Kagome snapped, cutting her bemused mother off.

And, thankfully, the painful, dramatic silence was once again cut off with the ringing of her cell phone. And the subsequent shaking of the compact in her pocket.

She flipped the compact open, already moving away from her mother and the drama of it all.

“Yeah?”

Koenma appeared on the screen, frowning.

“There's a big problem.”

“Big problem? What do you consider to be-”

Before she could even finish asking, a massive explosion went off in the distance, and Kagome gasped at the power of the aftershocks.

“Right, on it!” Kagome said, taking off.

“Be careful. The four of them together are having an unbelievably difficult time beating their opponent. Time to sink or swim, Higurashi,” Koenma growled.

“Yeah, well hopefully I won't drown,” Kagome said, the power getting heavier as she came closer.

Kagome got on the scene just as another explosion went off. A massive, yellow wave of energy roared down the street, youki charging the air enough to almost choke Kagome.

And then, the wave vanished, and three bodies smashed into the concrete.

Kagome quickly took in their appearances, not really impressed by them at all. A red-haired boy that was probably taller than her and two distinct auras wrapping around his body struggled to his feet. She wondered why one of the auras felt so much like Shippo, but it wasn't really consequential now.

Meanwhile, a stream of colorful and inventive expletives left a street thug-looking boy with slicked-back, greasy-looking black hair.

And then, there was the annoying whining of the orange-haired goof in the bright blue outfit. Had the youki not been so oppressive, Kagome probably would've laughed at the sight of him, as it completely opposed his very bad-ass levels of power.

Finally, her eyes rested on the other member. And she instantly recognized his black hair and red eyes, though they were focused on a spot further up the alley.

Suddenly, the other three stiffened, and all of their eyes focused on her in laser-intense glares.

The redhead suddenly sprouted a single, brilliant red rose, and youki flared around his body. The thug was also suddenly spiking with very aggressive energy.

“You must be yet another enemy? Not wise to come out while we're backed into a corner, I must admit,” the redhead sighed. “Truly, it's a pity. I'd expect there to be at least some intelligence in this attack.”

“What?” Kagome asked, not catching on yet.

“Oi, he's saying you'd better prepare to die, bitch!” the thug snarled, energy now crackling through the air around him.

And Kagome suddenly found herself thinking `These are my teammates!?'

 

A/N:

There it is! The first meeting between Kagome and the Reikai Tantei. What will happen? Keep reading to find out!

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