Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Betrothed Mating ❯ Chapter Six ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6

 

It was now August and Yukina was ready to leave. She really wanted to meet her parents' friend, and hopefully learn about her father. For some reason all of her friends were there, minus Botan and Shizuru. Even Hiei seemed to be accompanying her. They reached their destination and Yusuke seemed to be in shock. "This is my cousin's house."

 

That caught Hiei's attention. No way would he allow himself to be betrothed to anyone related to the detective. They climbed the steps with both Yusuke and Kuwabara complaining about the number of them. When they reached the top, they saw two children running around and playing.

 

At least they were until they noticed their group. The older boy launched himself at the detective. "Yusuke!"

 

Then to his surprise, the young woman he had spoken with the other day emerged from the house. "Yusuke, Kazuma, I see you've brought other friends as well."

 

Yusuke looked at her and shrugged. "Actually, Yukina brought us."

 

The girl's eyes brightened dramatically as she looked at the group before spotting my sister. With a delighted squeal she threw herself at my sister. "Yukina!"

 

That name seemed to catch the little boy's attention as he came flying towards Hiei's sister as well. He also hugged her tightly and she giggled. "You must be Kagome."

 

Said girl stepped back and nodded. "Hai. Where's Hina?"

 

Yukina's eyes saddened. "She passed away years ago from depression. My brother was thrown off the island shortly after his birth."

 

"WHAT!!!!" She screamed. "Dammit! I knew I should've made her stay in the village!"

 

"Momma wouldn't have stayed." Yukina said sadly, before perking up a little. "I'm still looking for my brother, will you help me."

 

The girl giggled. "Of course I will, I want to meet the one Hotaro promised me as a mate."

 

"Was that my father's name?" Yukina asked excitedly.

 

"Hai, did your mom not talk about him much?"

 

"No, Rui was always nearby and it was her that threw my brother from the island."

 

Kagome's eyes darkened suddenly. "She is the one that did it? She was your mother's friend! I'll kill her if I ever get my hands on her!"

 

"She had no choice, it was the elder's orders. She gave us each a tear gem though."

 

Kagome smiled sadly. "I have one too." She slowly pulled out her necklace and everyone gasped at it. "She shed it for Hotaro and wanted me to have it to remember them both by. Though I think his gift was enough."

 

Yusuke finally broke things up. "Can we go inside and talk, it seems there are a lot of secrets at the moment."

 

Kagome looked at her cousin before nodding. She completely forgot that everyone else was there. "Sure." She looked down at the boys. "Time to go inside."

 

"But momma, I wanna keep playing." Shippo whined as Souta pouted and agreed.

 

"Both of you inside this instant. Shippo, no pocky. Souta, no video games." That's all it took for them to run right into the house. She laughed and shook her head, motioning for everyone to follow.

 

They all sat down on the couch as Kagome went upstairs to get something. She came back down holding a photo album. "Do you want to know my story, or hear about your father first?" She asked softly.

 

"I wanna know how the hell you know about demons!" Yusuke demanded.

 

Kagome's sweet voice had him gulping. "Yusuke...." She walked up to him and hit him, hard.

 

"Fuck, that hurt!"

 

That got him hit again. "Keep crying and I'll give you something to really cry about." She threatened as he gulped. "And no cussing in front of the boys!"

 

"I'd like to know about my father." Yukina spoke nervously.

 

Kagome smiled at her and handed her the photo album, She opened it and saw her mother with a smiling man who looked quite similar to Hiei. "That is Lord Hotaro, he had his own clan though it was destroyed. A horde of demons attacked them and he was the only survivor. He was extremely powerful and very good with the sword.

 

He was sweet when he wanted to be, but a had a very bad temper." Shippo started snickering at that. "He loved Hina very much."

 

"He certainly did have a bad temper." Shippo snickered. "He lit Miroku's hand on fire for groping Hina."

 

Kagome laughed at that. "He also set Inuyasha's clothes on fire for calling me wench. "

 

"Remember how he set Miroku's robes on fire when he caught him peeking at you in the hot springs?"

 

"Yeah, boy I thought he was dead that time. Not only did he have to avoid my arrows and Sango's weapon, but he had to deal with Hina's ice shards and Hotaro's sword."

 

"He sure was protective of us." Shippo sighed.

 

Tears came to Kagome's eyes at that thought. "You're always protective of those you care for."

 

"I know, that's why you took those hits for me during the battle, and why you took the arrow aimed at Inuyasha."

 

"It's also why your father surrounded us in foxfire during Hiten's attack." There was a little sadness in the kit's eyes before Kagome popped out of her chair. "Who wants ice cream?"

 

Kurama watched as the kit immediately brightened. "I do momma!"

 

Sneaking a glance at Hiei, Kurama smirked. "Why don't we all have some?"

 

"Hn."

 

Kagome left and returned a few minutes later with a lot of ice cream. She handed sundaes to everyone, even Hiei. Yukina spoke up while eating hers. "How did father die?"

 

Kagome looked at her extremely sadly. "He was very powerful, but Hakudoshi was skilled too. The brat could also regenerate and produce barriers, so your father was outdone. I felt his ki rise just before he did what no one else could.

 

Inuyasha an inu-hanyou, Sango a tajiya, Miroku a cursed buddhist monk, Shippo, Sesshomaru, Koga, and myself as well as many others all tried to kill a powerful hanyou named Naraku. He had the power of the almost full Shikon-No-Tama, and no one had even been able to kill him.

 

He did though. With the last of his energy he created an explosion of power that destroyed everything near it. We were near the destroyed village, but I had caught his eye and known what he was going to attempt so I threw up barriers around everyone on our side. Hina was in Kaede's hut protecting the women and children while most of the men lay injured around the village.

 

I tried to save him, but he didn't have enough life energy for me to heal him. He died in my arms while I yelled at him, telling him to live. He knew I had to return to this time and made me promise to take care of everyone for him when we met. He also asked me to give something to his son for him."

 

"You were with my father when he died?" Yukina asked in tears.

 

Kagome smiled sadly. "Yes, it was only a few weeks ago that we celebrated his funeral. At the time, we didn't know of his status as lord, but we still honored him. The entire village paid their respects." Looking at the now crying girl her smile brightened a little. "Would you like to pay your respects too?"

 

Everyone looked at her startled before Yukina slowly nodded. "Yes please." Kagome stood and offered the ice maiden her hands. She then lead her outside to the Goshinboku to the little headstone that sat beneath the tree. Yukina read some of it and started crying. "Father."

 

"He's buried on the shrine grounds?" Keiko asked.

 

"Hai. This is the God Tree, and it was in the middle of Inuyasha's forest when he was buried."

 

"When did you get your wounds sis?" Souta asked. He had listened into the stories.

 

"I was battling the demons and Moryomaru. Not to mention I had to take out Kana. If only I had taken out Hakudoshi first."

 

"But momma you couldn't have. Hotaro only succeeded because he also hit the heart with his attack." Shippo said as he looked at his mothers sad eyes.

 

"Hai, I know." She turned to the others. "May I know all of your names now?" She was very curious about the spikey haired one. His aura seemed to be two clashing elements, like fire and ice. Focusing her senses, she felt it. He had one of Hina's tear gems.

 

"I'm Shuichi Minamino, but you can call me Kurama." The red head said as he kissed her hand. He then pointed to the brunette girl. "That is Yusuke's girlfriend Keiko" he then pointed to the other demon "and that is Hiei."

 

Kagome's eyes widened. "I knew it!" She exclaimed. "You look almost exactly like Hotaro, you have his eyes, Hina's tear gem, you're Yukina's twin."

 

Everyone paled except Yukina who was now looking at her strangely and Kuwabara who seemed confused. Hiei simply glared at her. The tiny ice maiden looked at the onyx haired girl. "How do you know by his name? On second thought, how did you know my name?"

 

Kagome smiled at the memory. "I helped her with the names." She suddenly giggled. "I actually thought of his name, while your mother thought of yours. It was the day before we found your father being attacked by a group of village men. I still can't believe they called me those things."

 

Shippo started laughing. "Yeah, but it was funny seeing their faces when a big silver barrier surrounded you two."

 

Kagome laughed a little at that. "It was especially funny when they ran at my threat to purify them."

 

Kurama just looked at her. "You threatened to purify humans and you named Hiei?"

 

"Hai, in fact I was the one that told her she was having a boy with both ice and fire powers and a girl with ice powers. She even helped me save Kohaku."

 

Yukina was looking at Hiei who was waiting for her to speak. "Are you really my brother?"

 

He looked at her waiting for her rejection, but looked away as he answered hesitantly. "Hai."

 

He was not prepared for when she flung her arms around him. "Why didn't you tell me?"

 

"I thought you'd be better off not knowing. You'd be safer, I am the Forbidden Child after all."

 

No one expected the next outburst. "Why the hell do people keep calling you forbidden dammit! You are NOT! I swear I'll strangle the next person that says that!"

 

Everyone just looked at her as Shippo rolled on the ground laughing. "I think you surprised them mom."

 

"Who cares, first Hina talks about how it's forbidden, then Sango asks if they know it's forbidden, then Koga yells at me asking why I'm betrothed to something forbidden! Dammit, a child made of love is in no way fucking forbidden!"

 

Shippo was laughing even harder now. "You should've seen the look on Koga's face when she flipped out at him for calling you that. It was hilarious, she was cold to him and everything!"

 

"Well he deserved it. I don't see how a child an be forbidden. It's worse than what they do to hanyous. I mean look at Jinenji, he never hurt anyone and he's covered in scars from the villager's attacks."

 

That made Shippo quit laughing before he cracked up again. "I remember how you were laughed at about that."

 

Everyone looked at him and Kagome cocked her head curiously. "What are you talking about?"

 

"You weren't scared of Jinenji at all, in fact you stood up to Sesshomaru and Naraku, but you flipped out because of a worm!" Now Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Souta were laughing."

 

Kagome narrowed her eyes at her son. "Run." Shippo gulped and took off with Kagome chasing him. She caught him easily and proceeded to tickle him.

 

Yusuke was still laughing at her. "I forgot about her fear of bugs."

 

"Oh Yusuke..." She sang sweetly.

 

"Oh shit." He took off off, only to be tackled and hit.