Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Family ties ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

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(Youko think)

 

#Kurama think#

 

/Hiei think/

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Yura was furious at his sister, that fox spirit had escaped, and it was all her fault. Rena's spells and charms were loosing their touch. Her enchanted mirror should have been well enough to keep that spirit locked up good and tight; now he had to hurt mother to extract her memories of the dream.

 

Yura was surprised that the koomie hadn't sensed him, his worry for mother was blinding him to his demonic senses. Mother had that effect on people he noticed. Almost all the males in her life- past and present- would give anything for her love; father was doing the same thing. Ever since mother had left America and returned to Japan father had been tracking her and keeping tabs on her.

 

Yura pushed the tactics his father was using on mother to the back of his mind, who was he to judge father?

 

Yura glared down at the bottle in his hand containing his mother's memories of the dream. `Rena….'

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“I don't know what you're talking about Hiei, I'm fine. So I forgot my dream. Big deal.”

 

“But you held your head in pain. There has to be something going on here that we don't know yet.”

 

“Oh, and like what?”

 

Kagome stood from the table and started to walk around the room looking at various things and thinking back; Hiei's eyes following her. “I don't know yet. But it has something to do with that damned fox in Kurama's head.”

 

Kagome closed the china cabinet door and looked at him. “So just talk to Kurama when he gets back, I called him a while ago so he should be getting back soon. But I need to start getting the others around to leave tomorrow and pack myself, you should do the same before or after Kurama gets back.” Kagome kissed Hiei briefly on the lips and left the room.

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Kurama walked up the shrine steps and looked about him. He could feel eyes on him burning holes into his back.

#Youko. Do you sense anything?#

 

Kurama waited for a moment and received no reply. Even if Youko were mad at him, he would never put their lives in danger.

#Youko. Whatever I've done to upset you, now is not the time to ignore me. I need to know if you feel anything.#

 

Again, no reply came. Kurama's emerald green eyes widened and he ran to the house.

#Hiei, something isn't right I must speak with you now#

 

/Where is the fox?/

 

#That's what I wanted to talk to you about, I've finally noticed that Youko is gone, he isn't talking to me, I can't feel him in my mind or anything#

 

/Kagome had a dream about Youko, she was yelling out his name, I woke her up and she started talking about how something was wrong and then she held her head in pain and forgot everything./

 

#What do you think it means?#

 

/That something is wrong with you and Youko is trying to get to anyone who could help. Now, when did you first notice that Youko wasn't talking or even there?/

 

Kurama walked though the house door and almost right into Hiei. “Around a week ago….maybe about the time you and Kagome left on the business trip.”

 

“Have you been with anyone that you don't know well?”

 

“No. I've been here and with Shiori.”

 

“When did you meet Shiori exactly?”

 

Kurama thought a moment and started toward the living room. “You can't be insisting that Shiori would have something to do with this.”

 

“Do not get offended, I'm not insisting anything other then the possibilities. How well do you know Shiori, her past, her family? And just how did she know about Youko in you to begin with?”

 

“Shiori is important to me, I may not know all about her past or her family, but I know she would never do anything like this. There are others in the world who are capable of this.”

 

“But the question is, human, did you meet anyone in that amount of time that could possibly do this?”

 

“I'm not human, Hiei.”

 

“But with out that fox spirit in you, you aren't exactly demon either.”

 

Kurama sat down and placed a hand on his forehead rubbing his temple some.

“You're absolutely right Hiei. I'm nothing with out Youko in me.” Kurama paused a moment and looked up at the ceiling “I'm normal. When I was a child I would dream about being just a normal boy, with out this strange voice in my head telling me what I should do. No more being a spirit detective. I'm just an average man now. Maybe this is for the best. I mean,” Kurama stood up suddenly and looked to Hiei “Now I can actually have a regular girlfriend, a regular life, I wont have to lie about anything now. Don't you see Hiei! I'm normal now. You don't know how it feels.”

 

“Do you really understand what it means to be `normal' as you put it? You're defenseless, you have to get a regular day job now, and with out that fox spirit in you, your pretty boy looks may fade and you will look like any one of those men out there in the world. I would personally kill myself if I were turned human.”

 

Kurama placed a hand on Hiei's shoulder and squeezed lightly “I guess you just have to grow up in the family I did, in the circumstances that I grew up in. You may not get it, Hiei, but maybe being with out Youko will do some good for me, make me see that I can be just fine with out him in me or that I truly do need to have Youko. It's something I have to see though I sopose.”

 

A series of thuds came from behind them followed by a stream of what both guessed were American cruses, and then a rather energetic looking Kagome.

 

“Damn suitcase.” Kagome reached the bottom of the steps and looked at them both. “Hey Kurama! Wow, it's been a while since I've seen you detached from Shiori's arm. How are things going with her?”

 

“Um.” Kurama looked at her for a moment choosing his words carefully. “Interesting, is the word I guess.”

 

“Why is that? You guys fight or something?”

 

“Um…You could say that. I don't really think she likes me hanging out with you very much.”

 

Kagome stepped toward Hiei some her arms crossing underneath her chest. “Why do you say that? She seemed to get along with me the night we met.”

 

“I told her the reason I had to cancel on her and she got almost furious with me. And the way she said your name, almost with disgust I sopose.”

 

“Well maybe she was just having a bad day. Like maybe her time of the month or something. I could get that way sometimes.”

 

“ `could'? What do you mean `could'?”

 

“Well since the curse I haven't really had a regular period per say. It's more like I go into heat every once and a while, like every ten years or so, for about a month. Strange I guess.”

 

Both males looked at her like she had grown a second head or something. Kagome shrugged and went back up the stairs to bring down her second bag; calling after them.

“GET READY TO LEAVE!”

 

Kurama turned to Hiei with a questioning look. “So why exactly are we even going? She seems so up-tight about it.”

 

“Kagome is still the Lady of the West, and there for it would be good for the demon realm to see that their Lady has returned, and we're going because she doesn't want to be left alone with Sesshomaru for very long.”

 

“Is she afraid that he will try something?”

 

“I'm not sure. But we're going all the same. Now go pack. We leave in the morning.”

 

Hiei left Kurama standing in the living room doorway. Thoughts running wild though his head.

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The group left early in the morning, maybe 8:00-8:30am. Everything was going according to schedual by her watch. Hiei and Kurama were leading the way to one of the portals they were to use when going to the demon realm. As soon as she would step foot into the demon realm, she informed, she would need to change into her `title cloths'.

 

Kagome figured that things would go much better, not to mention smoother, if she looked the part she was going to play for a few days. They all agreed.

 

In just a matter of hours they would be standing in the home of the King of the demon realm. Something just about no-one was looking forward to.

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A/N: I updated! School is finally out and I should be updateing more so no worries! Thank you to those that reviewed! I understand that if I updated a little more often then I would most likely get more reviews, but I'm good I guess! AGAIN! Thank you!

 

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