Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fight For Thy Heart ❯ Shattered Peace ( Chapter 7 )

Sorry for the dalay. I won't bore you with the facts, but rest assured I'm suffering horribly...

Fanfiction;

FoxylilRaven (Yeah, I seem to have a knack for making people want to kill me. At least, that what my friends say... Then again, one of them also claims that Gad and the Devil talk to her whenever she has to make any sort of decisions.)

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Inu- `cough cough'

Koto- Okay, this is just creepy.

Furyou- Yeah. It's too quiet!!!!!!!

DV- `sigh' I miss Queenie…

Chiisai- You're on your own there.

Kagome- Oh, come on! Can't you say something nice about Queenie for DV's sake?!

Chiisai- …can I get back to you on that?

Everyone- -.-;;;

Sango- Ganko?

Ganko- `shrugs' I've never actually met her.

Inu- Be thankful.

Kagome- Can't anyone say something nice about Queenie?!?!?!

Shippo- She did hang Miroku above a pit of sharks.

Sango- Hey, yeah! Now I miss her too…

Kagome- Same here.

Miroku- -.-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Ganko- Well since everyone else is moping around, I'll say the disclaimer. DreamVixen doesn't own anyone but that snob of a fairy and her OCs.

Chiisai- Why you-!

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"SHE SAID SHE WAS WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! " I screamed. Everyone else seemed too shocked to speak. Hell, even Hiei seemed pretty surprised.

Kagome gave me a dry look before turning to Kurama, wanting an explanation as much as everyone else. The kitsune sighed.

"First off, Kamu is in no way my mate." (AN; `sighs in relief as readers take swords away from her throat and smiles nervously at the dirty looks and muttered death threats,')

::Damn right.:: Everyone relaxed, but I frowned at Kurama suspiciously. There was no way I was going to let Kagome get hurt again.

"Then who was she?" I asked.

"She was more of an admirer with a warped sense of reality."

"A what?" Kuwabara asked, confused with the multi-syllable words.

"Ooh…" Ganko said, understanding flashing through his eyes, "A psycho stalker."

"To put it crudely, yes." Kurama said wryly.

"You would know about those, Ganko," Yari said, smirking. "Whatever happened to that one girl again? The one that tried to sneak into your indoor hot spring?"

"Dunno and I really don't care," Ganko said with a grimace. I rolled my eyes. A lot of women would do nearly anything to catch the eye of the youngest, richest, most influential bachelor in the Shadow Kitsune kingdom.

"Riiight," Yusuke said, looking like he didn't want to think about that too hard, either. "Can we get back to Kurama here?"

"How long has she been after you?" Kagome asked.

"It started when my reputation began to pick up. She followed me around, claiming to have fallen in love with me."

"And you never told her to buzz off?" Kuwabara asked incredulously.

"Her father is The Deity of Agony. At first I was wary of ridding myself of her because he might… retaliate." I winced. That was understandable. You don't want to anger a Kami. It just might be the last thing you ever do, "It took me a hundred years to discover her father did not even know of her existence. Apparently, he was quite amorous and had a great deal many children. In fact, he did not keep track of any past his first and second sons."

"Amorous?" Shippo repeated in confusion, "What's that mean?"

"It's someone like Miroku," I explained to the kit. Said monk spared me an indignant look before turning the attention back to Kurama.

"And then?"

"Then she just became another youkai who stalked Youko. She was among the more persistent of his followers, but Youko never gave any sings of wanting to be with her romantically. He found her far too loud and arrogant,"

"You forgot snobby," Kagome said dryly. I blinked at her.

"And snobby," Kurama repeated in bemusement.

You know, Kagome, you sure sound jealous for someone who was lecturing Kurama about his over protectiveness.

I'm NOT jealous!!!! I'm just stating a fact. What do I have to be jealous of? I'm the one he likes, after all.

"Anyways, we should probably be going." Yusuke said, scratching the back of his head.

"Oh, right! We've probably already stayed too late." Keiko said hastily. "Good night everyone!!!!"

There was a round of good byes, and everyone tried not to show that they desperately wanted to know what Kurama was saying when he pulled Kagome aside and whispered something into her ear. Kagome whispered something back and gave him a quick, chaste kiss on the cheek before turning back and giving the group a pointed glare that had the Urameshi gumi hastily leaving.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Kagome," Kurama said with a smile at the resident princess.

"Don't forget your promise, Kurama!!!" Shippo said, jumping on top of Kohaku's head. "You promised to play with me tomorrow, remember?" Kurama chuckled as he ruffled the kit's hair.

"I haven't forgotten," he promised the young youkai with a smile before leaving.

I sighed roughly as I headed to bed. This tournament kept getting more and more complicated. Not only was Kagome's love life going to Hell in a hand basket, but There was something wrong with Hiei that he was refusing to tell me about. It was frustrating me to no end. Just when I thought we were getting somewhere, he closed up on me again!!!

For a moment, I envied Ganko's remarkable talent to stay completely oblivious to any and all romantic circumstances. Sure, it got him into trouble (Especially when he walked in on other people kissing.) but in the long run, he had less to worry about.

God I need a vacation…

"Hyah!!!!" I screamed, throwing Hirakotsu at a log sitting upright on a rock. The log split in half, and I caught my preferred weapon easily when I came back to me. it was a ridiculously bright and sunny morning, with birds singing and flowers blooming. Exactly opposite of how I felt.

I'd been practicing since sunrise, trying to get a certain dark haired Jaganshi off my mind. So far no luck, but I did cut enough wood to build two decent sized villages.

I could feel Kagome's mental presence in the back of my mind, as always. Even when we were apart, I knew almost everything she was thinking, feeling and doing. Right now, she was with Kurama and Shippo, playing about half a mile away. She felt so happy and content, I couldn't bring myself to disturb one of her few moments of peace so she could play shrink for her Guard. I knew she wouldn't mind, but I would. What kind of friend could be so selfish?

Anyways, this left me all alone and very frustrated. With an angry growl, I chucked Hirakotsu at a boulder with all my strength, successfully splitting it into millions of smaller rocks, then catching it with an elaborate swinging gesture, letting the momentum of the heavy weapon drag me back a few feet.

I went stiff when I hear clapping behind me.

Immediately on guard, I twisted around, careful to mask my surprise to see a handsome human about 18 or 19 in a nice business suit sitting on a rock with a briefcase at his feet.

What the…?

"Very nice, Neko-san!!! Powerful, graceful and full of passion! You're quite a fighter, aren't you?"

"Who are you?" I asked, not answering his question. Smiling, the man stood and walked out towards me.

"Yes, allow me to introduce myself," he said, one hand going into his suit jacket. I grasped my sword on instincts before he held up his free hand in a pacifying gesture ad drew out a business card between his index and middle fingers. "Hariken, Fukuro. I represent Yudoku-san of Yudoku Inc."

"Cut to the chase," I said with a distrustful frown. I was extremely wary of businessmen, especially young one hungry to prove their worth. Hariken laughed.

"You're a friendly one, aren't you?" he asked playfully, "Actually, I was just curious about you. It's a crime that a lovely woman such as yourself would be left all by herself on such a beautiful morning."

"I'm training." I said shortly, "And I don't want to be disturbed."

"Really, Neko-san, what have I done to earn your distrust?" Hariken asked with a suffering sigh.

"It's not that," I said honestly. He had earned that much, what he said was true. "It's simply that you've yet to prove yourself worthy of having my trust."

"And what tasks must a man perform to win such a elite honor?"

"Telling you would make it too easy,"

"Ah, I should've guessed…" Suddenly, the man's attention went to someone behind me, and he was on guard.

"Neko," An all too familiar voice said coldly, "One of the kitsunes is looking for you."

"Considering how many are here, I'm going to need a name," I said, not bothering to turn around. I'd sensed him coming, and even if I was a little mad at him, I still trusted him not to do anything when my back was turned. Besides, he was a welcome distraction from Hariken.

"The warrior vixen working for Koenma."

"Katrina?" I said, a little surprised. I didn't know the vixen all that well, after all.

"Hn." I mentally smiled at Hiei's typical response. No matter how we fought, or even in the rare moments where maybe things might've been a little romantic between us, (maybe) one thing I could always count on was Hiei staying the same. In many ways, this comforts me. No matter how frustrated I get with the Jiganshi, I wouldn't change a thing about him.

"In that case, I'd better go see what she wants."

"She's at the entrance of the hotel." I turned and nodded my thanks to Hiei, surprised to find all his attention on the businessman. And he looked pretty upset, too, if the hand clenching his katana tightly meant anything.

"Katrina!" I called out to the kitsune when I reached the Hotel. She grinned at me.

"Sango! I was looking for you…" I nodded.

"Hiei told me. Is there anything you need?"

"Well, it's not really that as much as I want you to check in on something with me." Katrina said carefully.

"Okay…" I said slowly, watching the spy as her eyes swept around us in a manner that suggested it to be an instinctive habit. I could understand. Someone of her line of work had a lot to watch out for, after all.

"You know Kagome better than anyone else, right?" she asked suddenly.

"Wha-?"

"You're a Henka Neko, right? And Kagome's your royal charge?"

"Yes. But what's that got to do with anything?"

"I'm a little concerned about the neko Kurama was talking about last night. I know I heard her name somewhere before in conjunction with something big, but I can't remember where or why. Anyways, I'm worried about Kagome, and want to try and find the girl, but can't seem to catch any sign of her. Do you think you could give me a hand?"

"Of course! What do you need my help with?"

"You can access Kagome's memories without her noticing, right?" Katrina.

"If I really had to, yes. But I've never felt any need to violate Kagome's privacy that way." I said with a pointed look. Katrina laughed nervously.

"I'm not asking you to violate her privacy. I just want you to feel out this Kamu's energy and take me to where ever you feel it coming from. You don't even have to listen to the conversation between them," Katrina said soothingly, "I just want to check her out and see if she's more dangerous than she appears without worrying Kurama and Kagome." Sighing to myself, I decided that Katrina was right, and plunged into Kagome's mind.

The memory was a fairly recent one, and one that was still troubling Kagome slightly (`Not jealous' my ass) so it was really easy to locate. After quickly memorizing the neko's ki patterns, I left my best friend's mind and rejoined Katrina.

"Got it," I announced, frowning as I mentally scanned the island, "And I found out where she is."

"Great!" Katrina said with a wide grin, "Lead the way,"

About ten minutes later, we were at a large hotel in the city. It wasn't as fancy as the hotel we stayed in, but it was still elaborate.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE FULL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Our attention landed on the neko currently snarling into a phone. Yep. That was her… "Kick some of those worthless humans out!!! I refuse to stay in this second-rate trash heap and away from my Youko when some kitsune tramp is trying to seduce him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I growled. Ooh, She did NOT just call my sister a tramp… Katrina elbowed me and gave me a pointed look.

"Is that her?" she whispered to me, eyeing the neko as she slammed the phone down.

"Yes. That's her alright." I replied, trying to calm my temper. If we caused a scene, things could get messy very quickly.

"Well, the description fits…" Katrina said, frowning thoughtfully, "As does the attitude. I'll have to double-check it when I get back to the offices, though…" suddenly she `oophed!' and almost lost her balance when the neko stormed into her, too angry to see them.

"Watch where you're going you clumsy wench!!!" Kamu snarled.

"You're the one who ran into my friend here," I said coldly. Katrina shot me a look.

"No Sango!!!!" She hissed into my ear. "We can't attract attention!!!! That's a very bad move on our part until we know what we're dealing with!!!" Then she turned to Kamu with a smile. "Sorry about that. Won't happen again." No matter what people said about their kind's behavior, Kitsunes were excellent actors. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done. Kamu continued to glare at me through ever narrowing eyes.

"You reek of that little kitsune princess," She spat at me. I ground my teeth together.

Don't attract attention… Don't cause a scene… killing a snob in the middle of a fancy hotel lobby constitutes as a scene… happy thoughts!!!!! That's right, think happy thoughts!!!! Kittens, Babies, Flowers, Sunshine, Picnics…

"You're a Henka Neko, right?"

…Stars, Fireworks, Fireflies, Cake, Candies, Songs, Hot springs, Friends, Family, Holidays, Dolphins, Horses, Trips to the Zoo, that really good book I was reading before coming here…

"I guess that means you serve that slutty seductress."

…Cracking this bitch's skull open with my katana- NO!!!! Bad thoughts!!!! Scene causing thoughts!!!! Think of something else… Of course my thoughts landed on Hiei. Or, more specifically, certain… activities with Hiei. GNAH!!!!! Worse thoughts!!!! WORSE THOUGHTS!!!!!!! Naughty thoughts!!!!!! Bad Sango!!! Bad, BAD Sango!!!!!!!!!!!! I've spent way too much time around that Damn monk…

"Tell me, are you here to deliver a threat from that little whore? If so, I can tell you right now it won't work. I'll use any means necessary to get my Youko away from that bitch."

Oh, to Hell with this…

"No. I'm simply here out of personal curiosity, actually," I said in a sugary sweet voice that was actually a lot like Kagome's. "And you know what? Kurama's right. Kagome IS way prettier than you," Katrina groaned as the neko in front of us sputtered indignantly.

"How DARE you?!?!?!?!?! I will not be spoken to in such a way by a common SERVANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"I am no servant," I said coldly, "I am Kagome's Personal bodyguard and, more importantly, Kagome is my best friend and little sister. I will not sit by idly and hear her berated by someone who is the things she claims a person she has yet to meet to be," Kamu laughed coldly.

"But I did meet the little bitch. I saw her walking around with a red-haired human last night!!!! Tell me, if she claims to be with my Youko, why were she and that man holding each other so intimately?!" I blinked at her in surprise.

"You don't-" I started, but then I cut myself off.

She doesn't know that he was the man she came here after?

"No matter what Youko told her, he loves me. I know that, and he will acknowledge that in time."

"You're a fool," I hissed, "You're a fool to even think to could compete with my friend."

"We'll see, servant. We'll see." That was all it took for me to finally snap. Snarling, I launched myself at Kamu's throat.

She. Was.DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!