Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Second Chance for Heartbreak ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

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A new adventure begins?

Hey guys! Sorry it took so long, I’ve been reading a lot of other fan fictions recently and to be honest I’ve kind of lost faith in this one but I’m going keep going because I know how much I hate it when I read a story to find it discontinued! I’m also furthering my education, it’s quite bothersome lol, but I promise I’ll try update as often as I can!

Just so you know I’m working back to present day and I should be there in about 2 or 3 chapters so please try keep that in mind, When I’m back at present day I’ll let you all know and fyi The prologue is present day BUT chapter 1 etc is 2n years previous! Thanks for reading! I don’t own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho.

Chapter 4- A new adventure begins?

1 Year and 5 months previously

Yusuke fumed silently to himself as he followed his target down the busy street. He just knew she could sense his demonic aura and yet after 4 months of him following her quite discreetly in public yet still she did nothing. From what he witnessed and observed Kagome Higurashi either was either not at all what Koenma had said or else she was a fucking genius, a cunning sneaky fucking genius. He couldn’t and refused to believe that she didn’t know he had been following her, he had seen her stop and stiffen in the street numerous times as if waiting for him to appear in front of her and explain just what the hell he thought he was doing, he had seen her look straight at him in the overcrowded carriage of the train from Tokyo to Kyoto to her pathetic little office job.

‘Tedious’, he thought to himself as he rounded a corner after the strange yet seemingly graceful woman, her movements just 16 yards in front of him fluid like that of a ballerina... or an assassin. Yusuke smirked. ‘Whenever you stop this ridiculous cat and mouse facade Kagome, we’ll see just exactly how appealing this tedious life of yours still is. Just wait and see’.

After conferring with the other spirit detective’s after the rather enlightening meeting with Koenma all those months ago they had decided perhaps this was the best approach towards this mission. ‘Let her come to us’ Kurama had stated. So here Yusuke was, following this petit woman with an outrageous amount of holy power simmering under her skin down a crowded market in Kyoto. Yusuke frowned. When he decided he would be the one to follow Kagome he didn’t realise this would take this bloody long. What irritated him further aside from the amused glances and knowing smirks from Hiei and Kurama teamed with the outright laughter from Kuwabara at his expense when he reported that yet again the woman refused to acknowledge him was that he was certain the woman knew he was present and so every night when he climbed into bed beside Keiko he questioned himself yet again, ‘Why has she not approached me yet?’

And with those thoughts coursing through his mind as he was pushed and shoved down the busy street whilst stopping every now and then to glare at those who dared touch his person he felt his mind resolve. If Kagome Higurashi didn’t want to come to him, well then, Yusuke Urameshi was going to come to her.

Kagome drew in a deep breath as she walked towards the steps leading to the nondescript building she worked in. ‘He’s still here’, she thought silently to herself the frown at this thought evident in the corner of her mouth and brow.

About three months ago she had realised she had acquired a new shadow, whilst she had noticed the presence before she had thought nothing of it. After all feeling just one demon in her presence after being surrounded by them for the past 3 years in her life one more wasn’t exactly a startling thought. However his reaction was, whilst most demons that followed her in the past and the few who came upon her now had struck out at her in an attempt top seize the jewel and its power without realizing that Kagome was the jewel ‘Humph! Idiots’, this one had simply followed her as if curious. This person, demon, was different to the others and so for that reason alone she hadn’t turned on him and purified his ass to oblivion.

She admitted to herself as she trudged up the steps towards another day of monotony at the unremarkable structure in front of her that she had been worried whenever she realised he was always present but upon examining his own aura she knew that his thoughts towards her where not malicious and he meant no harm towards her and so yet again she had let her silent stalker be. Yet, now it was she who was curious as to just exactly what this powerful youkai wanted and just exactly why was he following her? She would wait, if he was still there after she had finished her 8 hour work day she would confront him. And with that determined thought she pushed the door open and began yet another day or boredom.

Eight hours and twenty minutes later she located the youkai who had become her friendly follower two streets to her right standing outside the newsagent where she would by her morning paper after leaving the strain station that was directly beside it. Kagome strode towards the train station like she did every other day of the week and made sure to keep her heart rate and breathing the same least he suspect anything.

After paying for her ticket and boarding the train she stood and grabbed a rail allowing the male hanyou to take a seat beside the elderly man to whom she had graciously given her own. She inspected his physique from the corner of her eye and made note of his features. Power her instincts screamed at her and her mind heartily agreed. Everything about this man seemed to ooze power, he was of a lean build but defined and she could see the taut muscles of his arm’s thought the thin shirt he wore, he had a handsome face she noticed but then she asked herself had she known many powerful demons who weren’t beautiful, although his was definitely a very masculine beauty. She stilled as the old man got up from the seat and made his way towards the exit. She raised her head high and walked towards the seat he had just vacated and sat down on the pleasantly warm surface and began to think of what to say. After 5 minutes and still no clear thoughts she decided to hell with it.

“Why have you been following me for the last four months youkai, is there something you want. Tell me straight or I can promise you anything less than a satisfactory answer and you will be purified before you step off of this train station’’.

Yusuke practically beamed at the woman, ‘’I was wondering when you’d finally come to me, four months is an awfully long time to make a guy wait you know?’’ without waiting for a reply from the now slightly pissed/amused woman on the seat beside him he ploughed on “My name is Yusuke. Urameshi Yusuke. But please call me by my first name; I’ve never been one for formalities. Secondly, know this. I mean you know harm and I am merely here to explain something to you and offer you something in return so I would rather you didn’t try to purify me. I’m sure my wife would be rather upset.’’ He grinned roguishly.

Kagome was enraptured by this man, just who was he? His reply to her statement had left her stupefied and she was certain that if someone were to hand her a mirror her face would indeed resemble that of a fish. So instead, she merely nodded while collecting her thoughts enough to reply to this enigma of a man.

“I like you; you’re different from other demons I’ve met. So forward. You’re so... you’re so human! I’m really quite at loss for words as of what to say to you. You’re a strange man, what do you want to tell me? What have I got to do with anything? Offering me something? I don’t know you why would you offer me anything?’’ The questions burst off Kagome’s tongue and she watched his feature’s for any sign of change be it negative or of a positive nature.

The male beside her smiled again, “ Your asking quite a lot there aren’t you” he winked, “Let’s get a coffee and I’ll explain everything to you and I promise that I’ll tell you no lies. I’m not here to hurt you. Actually I’m here because we need your help”.

She nodded mutely whilst new thoughts churned in her brain; she had noticed that ‘we’ asked for help, not him but a group of them, just what exactly was going on? Her curiosity lead her to follow him into the tiny coffee shop and take a seat whilst Yusuke ordered them two coffees and she sat in silence and waited for him to begin.

Twenty minutes later Kagome found herself telling her story to Yusuke who was sitting with his mouth wide open obviously captivated by her tale. Kagome felt at peace finally she had met someone who truly knew what it was like for her and had went through events similar to her own and lived to tell the tale and she liked him a lot, she knew she could trust him as she witnessed his sincerity when talking about his friends and wife and it made her heart ache for all that she had lost and she couldn’t help but feel hope that maybe her life would get back on track once again and that she too could find the happiness and excitement that Yusuke seemed to possess in his life.

She was still curious though as to what these spirit detectives wanted with her and so as she finished her tale she was wary as to Yusuke’s reaction and what would occur now that everything was out in the open, Kagome had an idea as to what they wanted from her and she believed that if her instincts were correct then maybe things just might get interesting.

“I want you to meet the other spirit detective’s tonight. Will you?”

“Why Yusuke? What do you want from me exactly?”

Yusuke watched her face for what seemed like forever then abruptly stood and offered Kagome a hand up which she accepted. He turned on his heel and walked outside into the humid evening and left Kagome standing in the middle of the coffee shop.

She stared down at her hand and at the piece of paper she was certain wasn’t there a minute ago. She looked at the address and recognised it as a house not far from her own and the message scrambled underneath it, ‘Be at this address in 2 hours, I promise I’ll explain everything. If you don’t I’ll come get you. Remember I know where you work’ Kagome chuckled and then scowled as she read on ‘Thanks for the coffee!’ Laughing despite herself she left down the correct change and a tip and wondered as she walked home just when her life started getting this interesting again.

Upon entering her house she threw her keys in a bowl by the door and glanced at the clock, she had about an hour to get ready for only god knows what and she was feeling nervous already. She decided that a shower was the best course of action and sauntered in the direction of her bathroom wondering if all the hanyou’s she had met in her life were going to be as cheeky as to expect her to do everything for her. When she stepped out of the shower a little while after and wrapped a towel around her body and another for her hair her mind was still occupied with replaying the days events in detail and this continued up until she was stepping out of her house fully dressed in casual clothing with her thick wild black hair in a careless braid that left her face to be admired for its ethereal beauty by the countless people she passed by.

Kagome found herself outside a pleasant house. ‘Quaint’ she thought to herself as her heart pounded loudly in her own ears as she knocked the door, only to find her hand meeting air as a beaming Yusuke ushered her into the kitchen where a small group of people were gathered together. There was a hush amongst the group as she entered and she took this time to examine them, there were 8 people in this group including Yusuke who had entered behind her.

The power of the jewel fuelled her awareness as she took in three demons: the red head ‘Two soul’s are present, interesting. Beautiful face, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a person so beautiful before’, and two hybrids ‘They have to be related’ she thought to herself, ‘they have the same opposing element coursing within them, I can feel it in their aura’s, except the element that is dominant is the opposite for the other...Twins. The female, seems almost childlike, and innocent and yet the male carries so much darkness around him and yet he is not evil but he is tainted by anger and sadness and such loneliness’.

Kagome found herself staring into the eye’s of said hybrid and she found it hard to pull away from his claret gaze. There in that second she felt it, a connection. One she had not felt since she was 15 years old and pulled into the well and placed in the path of InuYasha and that had her startled enough to break away from his heated look and look around at the rest of the people present.

Two females and one male, she looked at the woman who was looking at Yusuke with a certain shine in her eyes, Keiko, his wife she surmised. The other two human’s looked absolutely nothing alike she decided except for their eyes so they were probably related in some fashion, what caught her attention about these two were the exceedingly high energy amounts encased within their bodies, like a demon’s except Kagome knew they were human for she could detect not an ounce of demon blood in their veins.

There was a tense pause which was broken by Yusuke and seemed to be welcomed by all except for Hiei who kept his eye’s trained on the new female. To say he was startled was an understatement. He had looked in her mind as soon as she had entered the room and was ruffled by her analysis so far. How could this slip of a woman truly know what he had been through by merely examining his aura? He was disgruntled to say the least and his temper flared with those thoughts ‘Who does she think she fucki-’ and his thoughts left him as her eyes locked on his, every hateful thought he had in his mind left as the sapphire eye’s gazed upon his and he was certain that she was looking straight into his very soul. ‘Beautiful’ was the only word that floated across his mind as his eyes drank all of her in. Her thick luscious hair, her bright eye’s, petit nose and absolutely sinful plump lips. When did it get so hot in here? He wondered to himself, concerned because well fire was his dominant element. Just what the hell did this woman do to him? And as suddenly as her gaze fell upon him it left and those haunting eyes looked upon the humans present. ‘This onna is going to cause me trouble.’

Kurama looked on silently at the pair in front of him and was intrigued by the reaction Kagome and Hiei seemed to have upon each other. He gazed at Kagome and took note of her petit frame, womanly curves and elegant face. The fox within him was also watching silently from the back of his mind and yet he knew that Youko wanted her, he could feel it as Youko’s thoughts flitted across his mind and he admitted to himself also that he wanted to find out more about this woman who had captured both his and the kitsune bandit’s attention by just entering the room. And on that thought...

“So you are the infamous Kagome Higurashi” he stated with an easy smile, “ Forgive me for being so rude. My name is Kurama Minamino’’

“Kagome Higurashi” she replied with a smile of her own. “It’s a pleasure to meet you”

“The pleasure is all mine.”

“Alright you two, stop it with the flirting! Jeez Kurama you haven’t even known her a day and already you’ve pounced!” Yusuke exclaimed before receiving a swift slap from his wife. He glared at her before going on. “The violent woman beside me Kagome is my wife, you just met fox boy, that’s Kuwabara and his sister Shizuru , Yukina and Hiei our resident parade shitter!”

Kagome smirked as he received yet another slap from his wife, she had a feeling she and Keiko would get along nicely. She looked around the room again and smiled. “ It’s really nice to meet all of you. Now please Yusuke explain to me what exactly this Reikai want with me?”