Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fight For Thy Heart ❯ Explanations and College Plans ( Chapter 2 )

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DV- Now, I know some of you thought that the way I ended last chapter was mean...

'growling heard from readers.'

QFF- moving on, at least she updated!!!

DV- I had to. Some of the threats... 'shutter.'

Chiisai- Hey, I liked them!!!

DV- You would...

Keiko- Erm... DV?

DV- Yeah?

Kagome- Your hair...

DV- What about it?

Yusuke- Well, for one, it's blue.

DV- ...so?

Everyone- 'sweatdrop.'

DV- Yes, I streaked my hair blue. I thought it would be fun, but Dad won't stop lecturing me for it.

Botan- Ah, right.

QFF- DreamVixen doesn't own anyone except her original characters. Kireishi belongs to Kireishi-chan and Katrina belongs to Crying Crystal Teardrops. Also, Kat (Who appears next chapter) belongs to starangel4899. They are generously lending these characters to DreamVixen for her story.

DV- Kaigan's mine, though.

-----------------------------------Explanations and College Plans----------------------------------

.o0O0o.o0O0o.o0O0o.o0O0o.o0O0o.o0 Kurama 0o.o0O0o.o0O0o.o0O0o.o0O0o.o0O0o.

::What in the world is Kireishi doing here?!?!?!:: Youko said in my mind, more than a little surprised. She wasn't exactly the type to go for these sort of things, after all.

"Youko?!?! Is that really you? What happened?! You're human! Did you get hurt or something? You did have to hide like this after stealing or anything, did you? Why are you working for the Reikai now? How come you didn't contact me? You're okay, aren't you?!"

::That's Kireishi, alright.:: Youko said in amusement. Kagome flashed us a questioning look.

"I'm fine, Kireishi. What are you doing here?"

"Looking for you! I read you'd be here in the paper and- you got caught, did you? You got caught and the Reikai forced you to work for them in a human body as punishment!!!!"

"What? No!"

::Me?! Get caught?!?! What kind of amature does she take me for?!?!?!:: Youko asked, slightly pained at the unintentional wound to his immense pride.

"We'll explain later, Kireishi. But we're fine."

"...we?" I winced at the slip of tongue.

"Yes, Since I and our companions are close to Kurama, we'll be happy to explain anything that confuses you," Kagome said brightly.

You owe me.

::And we'll be happy to pay you in full with a nice, long night of-!::

((YOUKO!!!!))

::What?:: Kagome bit back a smile. Kireishi blinked at her in surprise for a second.

"You're friends with Youko?" She asked, mildly surprised. "That's a strange coincidence..."

"I've had stranger," Kagome said smiling wirily. "Come on, we should head back to the hotel so we can straighten everything out. Do you like tea?"

"Oh, yes!" Kireishi said with a bright smile.

"Well, Yakuso makes the best lemon tea ever tasted, and it's really good for you, too,"

"Really?"

"Yep. Ever since Yari became pregnant, that's all she drinks."

"Oh, you have a pregnant friend? I know a great ointment for stretch marks..."

::Why am I not surprised those two hit it off?:: Youko asked in amusement. I shook my head and followed. So much for a walk with Kagome...

"So, you've been hiding in the Ningenkai for the last 17 years?" Kireishi asked, putting her empty cup down.

"Yes," I said, studying her for any changes. I couldn't find any, and If the way she'd accidentally knocked the entire tray of tea off the table told me anything, she was still the kind-hearted and clumsy Kireishi who used to scold me for stealing.

"That explains how you met these guys," Kireishi said, motioning towards all the spirit detectives and their friends or family. "But what about you?" this question was directed at Kagome, who greeted it with a bright smile.

"Kurama and the others helped my family when my father tired to kidnap Souta and I from my mother, who hid us after he tried to kill us." Kireishi's eyes widened and flashed violet at what was considered the most serious of kitsune offences. "He's dead now, but He'd probably still be harassing us if it wasn't for the detectives." Kireishi frowned.

"Spirit Detectives don't usually get involved with that sort of stuff unless it's on a serious level..."

"They do for royalty," Ganko said from his place on the couch, without opening his eyes. "Right, Princess?" Kagome promptly smacked him across the head.

"Dragon and Kitty doo-doo, Ganko..." this earned snickers from the rest of the royal companions as Ganko flinched. Kireishis Eveys widened.

"Wait, you mean you're THE Kagome? PRINCESS Kagome?!?!" Kagome sighed, and Youko and I fought our amusement at the little blush that covered her cheeks.

"Well..."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!!! I hadn't realized you were royalty!!! I must seem so rude to you!!!!!!!!!"

"Relax, Kireishi, your fine. I don't consider you rude at all. And I've been around enough unpleasant people to know rude..." Here, she spared Ganko and InuYasha pointed looks.

"I have a Question!" Shippo said, from his mother's shoulder. He deemed that the safest perch after Kireishi tried to strangle him to death in a hug. "How do you know Kurama?"

(AN; I know a lot of you want to kill me for stalling this long... oh, well!)

"How do I- Oh, I never told you, did I!!! Gomen!!!" She smiled brightly at the kit, "I'm Youko's half sister!!!"

...

"Youko's..."

"...Half sister?"

"Yes, is there anything wrong?" Kireishi asked as Yusuke started to 'cough.'

"No, it's just, you're so... well... different." Botan said, blinking.

::A bit of an understatement, but I give her points for the subtlity.:: Youko said cheerfully.

Don't think you're not in trouble for not telling me this, We mentally flinched at the promise in Kagome's voice.

"So, you came here looking for your brother." Yakuso said with a gentle smile.

"Yes. And if it's not too much trouble, I'd like to stay here during the tournament."

"Of course not!!!" Botan said, jumping on the chance to have another girl to chat with, "We'd love to have you here!!!"

"What are your plans for after the tournament?" Kagome asked, sitting down on the armrest next to where I was sitting.

"I'm not really sure..." Kireishi said, uncertainly, "I guess go back to being a traveling healer. What about you, Youko?"

"I have to go to the human college I was accepted in," I explained to my sister. "Kagome and Sango will be attending with me."

"Tokyo U?" Yusuke asked, suddenly interested in the conversation.

"Yes." I answered, mildly surprised at the abrupt guess.

"So, it's YOUR fault!!!"

...

"What?" Yari finally asked, while the rest of us (Besides Keiko who was giggling uncontrollably, Hiei who was scowling out the window and Kuwabara who was playing with Kirara,) blinked in confusion.

"Koenma gave us some shit about keeping the team all in one place and easier to reach," Yusuke said, scratching his chin. "So he did a little handiwork and got Me, Hiei and Kuwabara into Tokyo U."

"WHAT?!?!?!" Eyes widened with shock as we tried to process what Yusuke just told us. Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara... In Toyko U.

The first giggles came from Sango.

Within five minutes, the whole room was dissolved in laugher, including the youkai who didn't know what the Hell college was.

"Alright, Alright! It's not that funny!!!"

"Puu!!" Yusuke's spirit beast happily cooed from his head.

"I'm going, too, though I got in the same way You guys did; hard work." Keiko said, smiling at me and Kagome.

"Koenma wants me to go, too. That way I can keep an eye on all the boys," Botan announced.

"What are you, our babysitter now?" Yusuke muttered with a dirty look towards the grim reaper.

"Well everything considered, you certainly need one."

"Hey!"

"Do you know what classes you're taking in Tokyo U?" Keiko asked, cutting her boyfriend off.

"I was thinking about something with mythology or history." Kagome said thoughtfully.

"Something more with weapons for me," Sango answered.

"Feh. Who cares?"

"Yusuke!!!"

"What?"

'BAM!!!'

"Do they do that a lot?" Katrina asked in amusement as Yusuke rubbed his bump.

"Yep." Ganko answered, smirking.

"You get used to it," Yari said, with a smile towards the newest spirit detective. (AN; I just counted and realized there are nine different kitsunes in this now, not including Kaigan and anyone currently at the castle,)

We didn't know much about Katrina. Only what we've seen and heard from her. She had informed us that her family was dead, and she'd been a wanderer for a long time before stumbling into Koenma, and was very talented with the katana and had sme minor control of plantlife, but other than that, she kept mostly to herself. She wasn't mean, or anything, just a little quiet, which was understandable, considering she knew all of us as well as we knew her.

Botan had told us the Katrina was mostly a solo detective and a greatly valued spy, which was, when you think about it, the best place to put a shadow kitsune, considering their abilities to shift through shadows, and how difficult it was to detect them. When Koenma realized we needed a fifth fighter, he decided to call Katrina in for her talents, and the fact that she, herself was a shadow kistune and therefore knew the ins and outs of their culture better than we did. (Surprisingly enough, he still hasn't caught onto the fact that we know the Shadow Kitsune royal family quite well.)

"It's nice to hear you guys are going," Kagome said brightly, "I was worried the only people there I'd know would be Sango and Kurama."

"You could always make InuYasha go, too," Shippo said a little too innocently.

"Shippo, how many times do I have to tell you-!"

"Why not?"

All eyes turned to the hanyou in varying degrees of shock. We'd expected him to react by calling Shippo a brat and hitting over the head, only to be pummeled himself by the army of vixens who now adored the little kit with a passion. To hear him so nonchalant about the hidden insult was a little disturbing.

"What?" Kagome asked, blinking.

"My second in command can take over while I'm gone. He could use the practice, and besides, Your mother's been bugging me about it, anyways."

"She has?" Kagome asked, her confusion increasing.

"Yeah. She wanted me to make sure he security around you was real tight. She even suggested having armed spies follow you until she heard Kurama would be there." Kagome frowned.

"That's bizarre. Mama knows I can take care of myself, why's she being so paranoid?"

"She's a parent, Kagome. It's only natural for her to be paranoid when a child is out of her line of sight." Yakuso said, reasonably. "If you need prof, take a look at how Yari and Miroku are turning out."

"HEY!!!!" The whole room laughed at the sisterly bickering, except for Kagome, who appeared deep in thought. I gave her hand a gentle squeeze, distracting her long enough to earn a smile before she stood up.

"Hey, Ganko, Has the Ningenkai royal Shadow Kitsune family come around the castle while I was gone?" Ganko looked startled at the question.

"What?"

"Kaigan. Has he been around any while I was gone?"

"Once or twice I think. Why?"

"I ran into him today,"

"WHAT!!!" Yari said, almost jumping up. Yakuso and Ganko looked startled as well.

"Well, actually, he found me sitting on the bench waiting for Kurama and, well, you get the picture."

"Kaigan? He never comes to things like this!!!" Ganko said skeptically.

"It was him, alright. He said the Ningenkai Shadow kitsunes were upset because they were considered underdogs." That made sense. Kitsunes where very prideful creatures, no matter what the breed or where they lived, and didn't take well to being called weak.

"Maybe, Kagome," Yari said, unusually serious. "But have you ever considered what he was like in the past?"

"Oh, come on, guys, there's no way he can still have a crush on me! We haven't seen each other for nearly eleven years!!!"

::WHAT?!?!?!:: Youko growled, unhappy at the prospect of anyone except him having feelings for Kagome. The three shadow kitsune companions didn't look convinced at Kagome's reason.

"Well, We should probably be getting back to our hotel room, now. There's a big match tomorrow. Kagome, you wouldn't mind going ahead with the children, would you?" Souta, Kohaku and Shippo dragged my unfortunate girlfriend (And hopefully mate-to-be) out the door before she could even work up a protest.

"Hey, silver," Ganko said frowning at me. "I need to talk to you about something." I rose an eyebrow as Ganko made his way out the door and into the hall before standing up and calmly following him.

"Yes?"

"First off, you can't tell Princess I told yoy anything you're about to hear. She'd kill me if she found out..."

"Agreed," Youko said before I could stop him.

((Youko!!!))

::Shut up. In case you haven't noticed, he's serious::

"Kaigan is the Heir to the Throne of the Shadow Kitsune Kingdom in the Ningenkai. He and Kagome met when we were all kids, and he developed a crush on her. It was innocent enough until that crush turned into a near obsession."

"Obsession?"

"He became bound and determined to have Kagome be his. Kagome never saw it, or she chose to ignore it, but the rest of us got worried. Kaigan stopped showing up when Kagome disappeared, and since he wasn't at the ceremony for Queen Yame's reappointment to the throne, we figured he'd found a different vixen for a mate or something along those lines."

"But now that he's here, you're worried he might actually still have a fixation for Kagome," I finished for him. Despite all their bickering, Kagome and Ganko viewed each other as valued family members, like siblings, and wouldn't allow anything to happen to each other.

Though the gods forbid they admit that out loud.

"Just keep an eye on her, and stick close whenever he's around. Kagome's right, the Queen has been a little more concerned about her safety lately, and none of us know why. But now that Kaigan's shown up, we think he might be the cause." I nodded.

"I'll watch them," I promised before reentering our hotel room. I noticed that all except for Kireishi had retired for the night. My sister appeared to be gathering the empty tea cups when I entered.

When Kireishi turned, all tea cups stacked onto a serving tray, and started for the kitchen, I mentally sighed and stepped forward, steadying her when her foot caught the edge of the rug and she started to fall forward, all the cups shattering when they fell off the tray.

::Guess we forgot to warn the others abut letting her handle breakables.:: Youko admitted sheepishly.

"Oh! I'm sorry!!! Now I probably woke everyone up!!! Here, let me-!!!"

"It's fine, Kireishi." I said with a reassuring smile to the easily flustered girl. "We'll just clean it up and get to bed," Kireishi relaxed and smiled sheepishly.

"Guess my grace hasn't gotten any better, huh?"

"Not really," I said with a small smile, remembering all the times Kireishi's clumsiness got her into rather embarrassing messes.

"So, what did that shadow kitsune want to talk to you about?" Kireishi asked, as we gathered the broken shards.

"Ganko?" I asked, mildly surprised at the small blush that appeared on her cheek and the way her telltale eyes tinted orange at the name, "He just wanted to warn me about the kitsune Kagome mentioned."

"Why just you?" Kireishi asked, her voice taking on a slightly slyer tone, "I mean, all of your friends are her friends too, right? Why not tell everybody?"

"That could have something to do with the fact that I am considering asking her to be my mate." If the sound of the china breaking didn't wake the others up, Kireishi's screech would've done the trick.

"Really?!?! She's really the one you want?!?! Oh, wow, Youko!!! That's so wonderful!!!" All the shards Kireishi collected fell back to the ground as she threw her arms around my neck. "Kagome seems like a really nice girl, too, and her kit!!! Kawaii!!! And now I'm gonna be his aunt!!! AND I'll get Kagome for a sister!!! Wow!!!" I shook my head as my sister's eyes turned a vivid shade of green as she daydreamed about what my mating Kagome meant for her.

"We'd better get to bed," I told her, throwing the remains or the cups away and getting a spare pillow and blanket from the closet, setting Kireishi up a bed on the couch.

"Right. Night, Youko."

"Goodnight, Kireishi." I smiled when I climbed into bed, thinking of Kireishi's reaction. But my smile faded when I thought of something.

It was true, I wanted Kagome to be my mate, and I knew she wanted e for one but with all the things happening in our lives, my being a spirit detective and her being royalty, could we ever truly get the life we wanted?

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DV- There! I hope this makes up for last chapter!!!

QFF- It's a start...

DV- Good, now here's how the vote goes thus far;

Sango-IIIIIII (7)

Hiei-II (2)

Yusuke-III (3)

Keiko-III (3)

Botan-I (1)

InuYasha-II (2)

Miroku-I (1)

Kuwabara- (0)

Yukina-I (1)

Ganko-II (2)

Yari- (0)

Yakuso- (0)

Kireishi- (Kireishi-chan gave me permission to put her up here, To which I extend her a great, big THANK YOU!!!!!!!!)

Botan- It's the same as last chapter, two votes per person, and you can't vote for the same character twice in one chapter. This is your last chapter to vote (unless there's a tie or something) so feel free to vote for the last two POVs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kagome- Right, so review and vote!!!

Botan- Ja!!

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