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Forgotten Past

Chapter I

 

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yuyu Hakusho or Inuyasha. It truly saddens me to say that, but I can not tell a lie... Ok, I could... but I'd be sent to jail for plagiarizing...

 

Author of Forgotten Past: Chrystal-Hearts

 

This is how we mind speak

/Hiei/

\Shuichi\

\Youko\

\Kurama\

(Someone else)

 

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The group had just returned from a rather trying mission. Everyone was quite annoyed about it too. A D-class demon that had managed to slip through the barrier was their intended target, but when they got there they found several other demons. These ones were A and S class. Most of them had escaped and some had gone back through the barrier, but they were planning something. That was the problem though, they hadn't been able to figure out what was being planned. And that annoyed them the most.

 

Koenma hadn't been much of a help when they reported that to him. The demi-god also had no idea what they were planning. Then he suggested that they track down every youkai that had not returned through the barrier. Yusuke had then blown up about there being no way in hell that he was standing his fiance up... again, Kurama had stated that he needed to spend time with his mother, and Kuwabara had said that Shizuru needed him home for something. The demi-god had been annoyed and had turned to Hiei, but they were all surprised when he point blank refused.

 

"Why the hell not?" The demi-god practically whined.

 

"I have other things to do Koenma, and you can't force me as I am no longer indebted to Reikai." The fire demon stated calmly.

 

It was shortly after that that Koenma gave up and sent them all back to Ningenkai. So here they were, standing in the park, having just dropped from the portal, and the others were all staring at him. He knew what was coming, but that didn't make him like it anymore. Yusuke was the one to speak first. "What do have to do that's better than killing? Demons that is?"

 

"Hn. That is none of your business detective."

 

"I am curious as well Hiei." The red headed kitsune spoke up.

 

"Neither is it your business fox."

 

"You're not planning on torturing any humans, are you shrimp?"

 

Hiei now turned a glare onto the human of the group. "I have no desire to torture worthless ningens, baka." With a final glare, he left. Heading to a place that only he knew about. It didn't take him long to make it there either. He was at a shrine now. If you looked around, you would see a large tree, and near it would be a well house. There was also the shrine and a two story house. Moving into the branches of the tree, he could see into one of the windows. Inside was a young woman with long ebony hair, milky white skin, and beautiful blue-gray eyes.

 

Said woman was currently looking through her closet for something. Or she was, until she felt a familiar aura. Turning to look out the window, she saw the fire demon and smiled. Quickly going over and opening the window, she moved back so he could come through. Once he was inside, she attacked him... with a kiss... and a hug. The fire demon was smiling inside at her antics. When they pulled apart, she was panting slightly. "I missed you!"

 

And now he did smile. A rare, yet true smile. Just for her. "I've only been gone a day."

 

Now she pouted at him. Her strange yet beautiful eyes sparkling. "A day is far too long."

 

Rolling his eyes at her antics, he kissed her again. "It could've been longer, koishii."

 

"How so?" Her head cocked slightly to the side as she inquired curiously.

 

"Koenma wanted me to go after rogue demons that are in Ningenkai." No one knew about this. None knew about her. Only she, himself, and her family knew. And they all knew to keep quiet about it. He had explained to her that he had a reputation in the demon world, and that she could be targeted by his enemies if they found out about her. She agreed to keep their relationship a secret for the time being, telling him that she'd only tell her friends she was seeing someone, so they'd quit trying to set her up with people.

 

Of course, he hadn't been happy with the idea of her supposed friends doing that. It annoyed him. She was his. Of course, they didn't know that... but it still annoyed him. This amazing woman was his, and he wanted to take her away and prove it to her at times. He still remembered the day they met. It was a little over a year ago. He had been relaxing in a tree, deep within a forest, and she had come stumbling into a clearing below him.

 

He had, of course, ignored her presence at first. At least he did until he caught her scent. It was vanilla and coconut laced with cinnamon. It also held purity and innocence within it. She was still lying on the ground and was moaning in apparent pain. After a few moments, she had managed to force herself up and had looked around. Muttering to herself about evils bears that come out of nowhere. Then she gasped and turned to look directly at where he was. "A demon...?" She seemed to question herself.

 

Hiei had dropped down from his tree and glared at her. "How do you know about demons onna?"

 

It was then that she glared at him. "It's Kagome, not onna... don't even think about calling me anything but my name again." There was a threat in her voice, and he had found it amusing.

 

So much so that he just had to provoke her. So, raising a brow and acting indifferent, he did so. "What will you do about it onna?"

 

Her eyes narrowed and he could've sworn she growled at him. He smirked at her angered look, and was totally unprepared for what she did next. Pushing herself from the ground she tackled him. She tackledhim. Not the smartest thing to do. Of course he wasn't prepared for the feeling that shot through him at feeling her womanly figure pressed up against his body. She also felt a rush of energy flare through her, though it was too quickly for detection.

 

Hiei had quickly flipped them so that he had her pinned to the ground beneath him. His body pressed into hers as he looked at her with narrowed eyes. "What were you trying to do onna?"

 

This time he knew she growled. A very inu sounding growl. Said growl was accompanied by a glare. "I was trying to... umm... I'm not sure really." She said as she appeared to begin thinking about it. "I dunno, tackling you just seemed like the thing to do."

 

He had been speechless at that and had let her up as he disappeared into the trees. His aura masked as he decided to follow her. Not like he had anything better to do, and she was interesting to say the least. And so he did. He followed her as she found her way from the forest and then to her home. It was the shrine they were currently on at the moment. The girl had went inside and came out a few minutes later dressed in semi-traditional miko garb. The only difference being that the hakama were black. She had then went about chores.

 

Hiei had continued to come by and watch her though. One day while she was resting underneath the tree, she had sighed and looked up into the branches. "Why do you keep following me?"

 

To say he had been shocked would have been an understatement. No one had ever been able to sense him when he had masked his presence completely. Yet this ningen onna had. It irritated and annoyed him. He had dropped down from his branch and landed in front of her. "How did you know I was here?"

 

She simply blinked at the question. "I've known you've been following me since we met. You should've shielded your presence if you didn't want me to know."

 

Now that had been even more irritating. He had his presence completely masked, and she told him he should have hid it if he didn't want her to know he was following her. He pointed this little fact out to her. All she could say was "oh", then she had looked down. "If you knew I was following you, why did you lead me here?"

 

Of that he was definitely curious. She had surprised him with her answer, too. "It never crossed my mind that you could be a threat to my family."

 

And so he continued his visits anyways. Continuing to mask his presence, even though it did no good since she could still sense him. Then he had disappeared for a month. When he returned, she had seemed worried. He could tell because she rushed into her room, opened the window, and climbed out into the tree to talk to him. At the time he had been too tired to complain and tell her to get away. As it was, he had used the dragon and had barely managed to make it to the tree and remain conscious.

 

After she had seen his state, she urged him into her room. Once she had made it inside as well, she had made him lay down on the bed and left for something. When she returned, her arms were laden with bandages, gauze, medical tape, surgical supplies, antibiotics, and peroxide. It seemed like she was prepared for this kind of thing. As her soft hands glided across his skin, cleaning his body of dried blood, he had fallen asleep. The energy loss taking it's toll on him.

 

He had woken up hours later, completely bandaged and still lying on the girl's bed. Only this time, she was also lying on it. Night had long since fallen and she had apparently gotten tired as she had laid down next to him. Her head was pillowed on his chest and one of her arms wrapped around his waist as she snuggled close to him. Though he couldn't bring himself to care as her wonderful scent surrounded him. Slowly, he fell back to sleep.

 

The next morning he was awakened by people arguing. Listening in, he found himself to be the reason. "Kagome, this is not a sanctuary for demons! This is a shrine! How do you even know that you can trust him?"

 

A sigh was heard before the girl, Kagome, spoke. "Honestly gramps, do you think I'd let him in if I felt he was a threat? He's not going to hurt anyone, trust me."

 

"You don't even know his name, or what kind of demon he is."

 

"I bet Kagome thinks he's a cute demon." Said a boy's voice, and he sounded highly amused.

 

"Souta!" He could just imagine the blush she held and amusement began to dance in his ruby eyes. The fire demon then heard sounds of them wrestling, before the guy yelled and a giggle was heard. "Serves you right brat."

 

"You bit me!"

 

That was surprising for the fire demon. "Shouldn't have said what you did. Now if you two will excuse me, I have a demon to take care of... and if makes you feel safer gramps, I'll ask for his name when he wakes up." It was two minutes later that she walked into the room and saw that he was up. Moving to his side, she smiled slightly. "How are you feeling?"

 

"Hn." And he turned his head away.

 

But he did see that she rolled her eyes. "Since you seem to be feeling better, perhaps you could tell me your name while I check your wounds." When he stayed quiet she sighed. "Fine." Her hands went to the bandage on his arm where a nasty gash had been. With his demon healing it would take probably two days to heal because of how deep it was and all of the other injuries he acquired. Feeling her fingers brush against it, he turned his head to look as well.

 

He was shocked to see that it was almost completely healed. She had stated that it shouldn't take longer than a few more hours. Then she asked him to sit up, and told him that if he didn't she'd have her brother help like she did yesterday. Deciding he didn't want another ningen touching him too, he grudgingly sat up. There was a slight pain in his abdomen where another deep gash had been. The demons the gang had fought this time were all S-class, upper S-class. The demons had also been prepared for them.

 

His human teammate, Kuwabara, had been taken to Genkai's to see Yukina. He was in pretty bad shape, but could've been worse if Hiei hadn't stepped in for him. Kurama, his kitsune teammate, was worse than Hiei was, but Yusuke was in best shape out of all of them... Though he was covered in more blood then the rest of them. Since Yusuke was a taiyoukai class, he had an easier time dealing with the S-classes than the rest did, and he had managed to take more out.

 

Once Kuwabara had fallen and Kurama looked about ready to, Hiei had told his friend, telepathically, to get away from the demons. Then he had called upon the dragon. Thankfully the attack had done it's job and taken out most all of the demons they were facing. Yusuke had then picked up Kuwabara and after looking at Kurama, had grabbed him as well. Telling Hiei he was taking the now slightly protesting fox and the unconscious human to Genkai's. Hiei had stated that he'd be going elsewhere to rest and heal on his own. The toushin had not been happy about it, but he couldn't stop him.

 

And so he ended up here. Where the young girl was taking bandages from his torso to look at the wounds. Which when the bandages came off, he was surprised to see they were stitched closed. When he had questioned her about it, she merely smiled. That had been slightly irritating, but he decided he didn't really care how she knew. After she left the room, he had left through her window to relax in the tree.

 

She had come back in a while later to check on him, and he had been expecting her to tell him he should've staid in bed to heal. But she surprised him when she merely walked over to her window and looked over his form. After assessing him, she left with a smile. That confused him as even Kurama would've told him he needed to rest, then he'd claim it needed to be somewhere other than a tree.

 

This girl, however, didn't say a word about where he was. Simply left the room and went about her chores. Only coming up to check on him one other time and that time she had brought food. "I know youkai don't normally eat human food, but it's good!" He had snorted, though he was curious how she knew what youkai would like. "You need to eat. It'll help get your energy back faster."

 

Then she had left. And then he had grudgingly admitted that she was right and had entered the room to eat. He was rather surprised at how good it did taste. It actually seemed to be made for a demon, as the seasoning and flavor was just right. The steak was even rare... almost raw. An hour later an older woman had entered the room and smiled as she picked up the empty dishes. Then she had left.

 

It was around nightfall that Kagome returned to her room. Peeking out her window, she asked Hiei inside so she could take the bandages off, as she assumed his wounds would be completely healed. And they were. So Kagome gently took out the stitches. Once done, she smiled. "Ready to tell me your name yet?"

 

Moving quickly to the window, he was prepared to leave. Though he did turn back, and he saw her smiling at him. "Hiei." And he had left. Though he continued to hang around. It was after a few more weeks that he had actually spoken to her. He found that she was curious about where he disappeared from time to time. He had simply told her missions. He had then asked about her knowledge of demons. She had then stated she was a shrine priestess and had met a few. Demons were common knowledge in her family... at least the family at the shrine. She had also stated that she had befriended a few that had disappeared a few years back.

 

That led to the question of how old she was since she looked sixteen. She had sighed and stated that she would be turning twenty in a few months. It had surprised him to learn that she was that old, but he shook it off. They continued talking, and he had gotten closer to her. It was the day he came over and saw her talking to some ningen boy that he realized he had feelings for her. For he had been jealous that she was talking to another male. And she must have sensed it too, because she quickly ushered the boy away and walked over to the tree.

 

He had dropped done and told her he didn't like the ningen and she giggled at him. About a minute later, Souta called her to come help him. Still giggling, she leaned up and kissed his cheek, whispering that she only thought of the boy as a friend. Not long after that he had realized that he wanted her. So, he asked to court her. She seemed surprised and even surprised him with her knowledge on demon customs.

 

The courting lasted a couple months and she had agreed to be his mate. When he asked her, she couldn't quit smiling. She had jumped up from her seat on the bed and knocked him to the floor as she kissed him. He'd admit that he was surprised. Never did he think that he'd find someone to love that would actually love him as well. Of course he had told her what he was, and she shrugged asking him why it mattered. He then explained that he was considered forbidden to even demon kind and then he'd told her about his past. She just kept smiling and told him she didn't care about any of that.

 

Still not believing that she could fully accept him, he had told her that he enjoyed killing. Her response was that he was a demon and most of them did. She even stated that some humans enjoyed it. That had also amazed him. Next she stated that he was different than he used to be and that his past had no bearing on how she saw him now.

 

So here he was now, standing in her room. Well no, their room. Kissing her, talking to her, and simply loving being with her. As he told her how Koenma had wanted him to chase after a few A and S class demons that had escaped. Then he told her he had refused because he wanted to come see her. The happiness he could see in her eyes made him smile.

 

Her beautiful blue-gray eyes. He remembered how confused he was to find they held wisdom and knowledge, instead of youth and innocence. It made her seem older than she was, though she only appeared sixteen. That was something which amazed him. No matter what, she did not appear to age. Mentally shaking his head of these thoughts, he led her to the bed and relaxed. Smiling, she curled into his lap and nuzzled into his neck. "Ai shiteru Koibito."

 

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I hope you enjoyed this! I know I liked writing it. I figured I'd try to make an interesting story, as I was slightly stuck on my other ones... Actually I'm stuck on Haunted Passions. I'm chapters ahead of the posting, I just don't know how to write the next part though. I thought that a fic with Kagome and Hiei already being mated sounded good. Then I had the idea that her past is... secretive. Meaning Hiei doesn't know about it.... yet. You know what they say, the past always returns to haunt.... that or that something in the past will come back to bite you on the ass... though I doubt Kagome needs to worry about the biting part. Hiei'd kill anyone or thing that touched his mate.