Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Dusk til Dawn Starts a New Day ❯ Chp. 1 New Acquaintances ( Chapter 1 )

A/N: Okay everyone, in this Fic Yuske knows he's a demon. Keiko has left for an out-of-state-college, she wrote a letter to Yuske saying she has met someone else, so no Keiko in this fic (I really just don't like Keiko.). Yuske's mother has gotten a job working at a bar as a bartender. Yuske, Kurama, and Kuabawra have finished school, and are now in college. (Amazing isn't it.)

That's all I can tell you without giving away too much of the story so anyway here goes.

Epilogue:

Summer-upper: Okay this is how it went. Okay it's the battle with Naraku. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo are there. So are Naraku and his `children'. Also, Sesshomaru and Kouga are there. Oh, and Kikyo. Okay this is who is fighting who. Inuyasha & Sesshomaru teamed up, and are fighting Naraku. Kouga is fighting Kagura. Miroku is fighting some random demon and Kanna. Sango and Kirara are fighting Kohaku and some random demons. Kagome was in the back, the jewel had been gone from her presence for a while now, shooting out unmethodical arrows at any and everything that came near her and Shippo was by her side shooting out his foxfire. And Kikyo watched Inuyasha from the sideline. Okay, alright, break *clap*.

"Oh no! I'm out of arrows." Kagome cried as she let her last arrow fly.

"It's okay Kagome. I'll protect you." Shippo cried as he jumped in front of her, shooting his foxfire out at approaching demons. Which didn't kill them, just warded them off.

As Kagome watched on helplessly as each of her friends fought their own battles, she couldn't but feel responsible and guilty.

It was all her fought everyone was here fighting. If she hadn't of shattered the jewel, then Sango's family wouldn't have been slaughtered for the piece that they had. If she hadn't of shattered the jewel then Kouga wouldn't be revenging the death of his comrades. If she hadn't of shattered the jewel then Inuyasha would have just gone and wished to be full demon and gone and killed Naraku long ago. But if wasn't possible. The jewel had been shattered, Sango's family and Kouga's pack had been slaughtered, and Naraku was alive. And it was all her fault. They were all here because of her, and she wasn't any help in fighting. What was she doing? Hiding behind a kitsune pup.

She still didn't know why Sesshomaru was here, she was sure it had something to do with either, Naraku, or the jewel.

She watched the two brothers fighting with each other against Naraku. She watched them fight together as if they had been doing it all their life. This brought a smile, grim thought it was, to her face.

Then out of the corner of her eye, she saw it. The glistening shine of the Shikon no Tama. Whole once again. She didn't question how it had gotten out of Naraku's clutches, she just assumed one of the brothers had knocked or cut, it out of his grasp, and it had rolled out into the middle of the fight.

"At least I can do something useful." Kagome said aloud.

"Huh? What did you say Kagome? Kagome? KAGOME!" Shippo yelled. But it was too late Kagome had run out into the interior of the battle.

"Watch my back Shippo!" Kagome yelled dodging and jumping over youkai.

On reaching the jewel she wretched her hand out to grab it, but as soon as she did, so did another. Kagome didn't release the jewel though. She held on tight and, with the other person still holding it with her, lifted it into the air, until both of their arms were level.

Looking up into the eyes of the beholder (no pun intended) she let out a gasp of fear. The other person holding the jewel, snarling in front of her in all his gorgeous, yet extremely evil, glory, was Naraku. In the background, she could the see the brothers fighting seven of Naraku's baboon-pelted puppets. The one in front of her had no pelt, and was real.

"Release me and the jewel wench." He said through clenched teeth.

Only when he said that, is when she realized that their hands were interlaced, the jewel resting in between their palms.

Fearing the consequences Kagome shook her head no.

Eyes narrowing, Naraku smirked. "Very well then." he said squeezing her hand tightly, his claws digging into the back of her hand, but that wasn't what made her scream in agony. It was the wave of dark, tainted energy that surrounded her from the jewel.

Her scream of pain brought everyone's attention away from their own battles, to the one that was going on in the middle of the battlefield. They all watched on with wide eyes as Kagome was engulfed in the dark energy of the jewel, forcing her down to her knees.

"KAGOME!" numerous voices yelled out. The numerous voices of her friends, all except for three. Kikyo, Inuyasha, and Sesshomaru.

Through all the pain, Kagome heard and recognized all her friends' voices, and it left her puzzled.

`I knew why Sesshomaru didn't call out my name, because he doesn't give a damn about me. I knew why Kikyo didn't, Kikyo wants her soul back. But Inuyasha, why didn't he call out my name. Doesn't he realize what's happening?' she thought.

"Just give up you weak little girl. You're no match for anyone. Give in to the power of the jewel, let it consume you" Naraku sneered down to her.

"...no." she growled out. With a newfound strength, she tightened her grip on his hand so that it matched his own. She brought her other arm up so that it was level with the other, and, just as she suspected, Naraku interlaced his other hand with her free one. Grunting against the pain, Kagome pulled herself up to her feet.

"What are you doing girl? Are you trying to beat me? Well go ahead and see if you can kill me?" Naraku yelled at her, a crazed look on his face, as he made even more dark energy swarm over her.

The tainted energy almost bowled her it was so strong, but she kept her ground. Grunting against the strain, she began to purify the Shikon no Tama, and to her satisfaction, she saw the good energy of the jewel engulf Naraku, as the dark was engulfing her.

His scream of pain brought a smile to her face and gave her the strength she needed to put in more power. Unfortunately, Naraku also put extra power into the dark energy as she put in the light. It came to a stalemate. The energy combined in between them, forming a red glow that blasted the two combatants away from the jewel. They each landed on their backs a few feet away from the jewel. Said item was flashing from red, to purple, to pink spontaneously. At the end it settled on...black.

All was silent.

A small vortex of wind began to form around the now black jewel.

No one knew what it meant or what was about to happen. They just knew this, stay away from it. They tried, oh, they tried. Everyone got up and began to run. But the jewel as if it sensed their retreat, made the vortex even bigger and faster, slowing them down in the process of running.

The first things to become sucked into the jewel were the lesser demons around, then Kagura and Kanna, and lastly Kagome and Naraku. The jewel seemed to have finally gotten what it was aster, for as soon as the last two were in, the vortex disappeared, and the black jewel lay down innocently in the grass.

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White. White. White. Endless white, with no boundaries. That's what Kagome saw when she awoke. Well, she didn't know if she woke up, or just opened her eyes from blinking, because when she opened her eyes she found herself pacing in a half circle.

Opposite her, also pacing in the half circle was Naraku. His head was down and he seemed to be thinking.

"The jewel has told many things miko. Many strange things, that concerns us both." Naraku spoke up, never looking up at Kagome, as they continued to pace.

"Is that where we are. Inside the jewel?" Kagome asked her voice flat and dull.

"Yes miko. We are inside the Shikon no Tama." He said now looking at her and waving his arms around for implication. "And it has told me things. Not everything, just some things. That concerns us both. Do you hear the voices Kagome? What are they telling you?" he asked, watching her with interest as they continued to pace.

Diverting her gaze from Naraku, Kagome concentrated on hearing. There wasn't anything to hear at first. Then it started. It a soft whispering, but she heard it as clear if it was in regular voices. There were lots of voices, both male and female. And they told her things. Strange things indeed. Involving her and Naraku. The voices told her things, not everything she realized, but some things. Were they the same things Naraku heard? Who knows? But she was gonna find out.

Looking back up at the pacing Naraku, she replied, "Yes. The jewel has told me things. Are they the same things you've heard, I do not know?"

"What, prêt ail, have you been told?" he asked, either never taking their eyes off each other, or ceasing their pacing.

"We are manifestations of..." Kagome started.

"...good and evil. You're pure good..." Naraku stated.

"...you're pure evil. The day you were created..."

"...you were born. The jewel has both..."

"...an equal amount of good and evil within it..."

"...this is why it allows me to..."

"...taint it. And me to purify it..."

"...and with the constant purifying and tainting..."

"...the jewel has become unbalanced..."

"...and with no one to stabilize it..."

"...the jewel has..."

"...taken this into its own hands by..."

"...bringing us into itself so..."

"...it can fuse us together and become a balanced being, but..."

"...the question is who will have control over the new body?" Kagome finished and they both stopped their pacing to look at each other square in the eye.

"Don't get your hopes up girl. You'll be the one locked up in the back of my mind." He said giving her a fangy grin.

"Yeah right. I just hope you enjoy being female." She smirked at him.

They stared at each other until a little black light appeared in front of the two.

"It's time girl. I hope you like the dark." Naraku said as he stepped towards the light.

"In your dreams you idjamamit. (Pronounced how it's written. I love that word, idjamamit. It's so cool.)" Kagome told him, as she too went towards the light. And without warning, they were hurtled at each other.

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Chp.1 New Acquaintances

"How could she do this to me? Goes to college and falls in love with some stupid prat name Hojo? What kind of name is Hojo? Doesn't she know we were supposed to get married? Good thing I'm too shallow to really care. Man, I'm hungry. How much money do I have? Hope it's enough to get a burger and some fries? Hey look there's a burger joint right there. How long has it been there?"

Yuske Urameshi, a young lad of 18 walked into the small café of Burger house. Sitting down into a booth, he picked up the menu.

"Excuse me?" a soft feminine voice said.

Looking up Yuske saw a girl around his age standing by his table with a note pad in hand. He noticed that she had long curly black hair. She had some of it in a ponytail and let the rest cascade down her back. She had on a waitress's uniform with the skirt-hiked way up. She had a pretty face he noticed with red eyes.

"Hi I'm Kagome, and I'll be your waitress today. Are you ready to order." She asked him in a pleasant to the ears voice.

"Um...yeah." he said shaking his head and throwing the menu down. "I'll have a cheeseburger and some tator-tots, with a root beer and hurry up with that order I'm starving here!" He snapped at her, turning his gaze to look out the window, ignoring the sneer she gave him before leaving to deliver the order.

With her back turned, Yuske turned to look at her. Tilting his head to the side to get a better...ahem...view, he gave a look of approval. `Not bad. Not bad at all. Must remember to give waitress extra tip.' he thought then turned his head to gaze out the window again.

"Hey Urameshi, you still moping?" Kuabawra asked loudly sitting down across from him.

"I'm not moping!" Yuske snapped back at it him. "Yo, waitress can we get some service here, and where's my food?"

"I'll be there in a sec." Kagome said as she passed there table balancing three plates of food perfectly.

"Hello Yuske, Kuabawra. Is he still moping?" Kurama asked as he and Hiei both arrived. Kurama sitting beside Kuabawra, while Hiei sat next to Yuske.

"No!" "Yes!" both Yuske and Kuabawra said in unison.

Kurama shook his head in agreement at the latter.

Narrowing his eyes at his friends Yuske yelled for the waitress again. "YO WAITRESS, WE NEED SOME SERVICE. AND WHERE'S MY FOOD! HURRY UP. I DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!"

"Hey Kurama had did you get Hiei to come here with you?" he asked curiously.

"I promised to buy him some ice cream," he said simply.

"A lot of ice cream." Hiei put in.

Coming to stand in front of their table Kagome grabbed the front of Yuske's jacket, and hoisted him across the table, her eyes flashing from red to brown.

"LISTEN HERE YOU PUNK, IF YOU HADN'T NOTICED I AM THE ONLY WAITRESS HERE TODAY. AND I DON'T NEED SOME LITTLE BASTARD LIKE YOU TO BE YELLING AND DEMANDING THINGS FROM ME! I AM ONLY ONE PERSON I CAN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME! AND I AM THIS CLOSE FROM BEING PISSED THE FUCK OFF. SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST BE A GOOD BOY AND SIT THERE AND WAIT?" and with that said Kagome threw Yuske back across the table.

By now, the whole café was staring with wide eyes at Kagome and Yuske. Yuske was too shocked to move or make a comment, and Kagome stood as still a statue eyes closed and breathing heavily trying to calm herself.

A few minutes later the cook, a big balding man, came and drug Kagome into the back.

With Kagome gone, they all looked at Yuske, who just stared at the spot Kagome had stood, with his mouth wide open and his eye twitching.

His mouth moved, but all they could hear was one single word. "...scary..."

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"Hi I'm back. Sorry for the wait. Here is your order." Kagome said now calmed down and cheerful again, her eyes back to the color of red. "I believe it was the fish sandwich for you," she said setting the sandwich in front of Kuabawra.

"The onion rings for you." She said placing it in front of Kurama.

"And the super colossal ice cream mountain for you." She said placing a huge bowl of ice cream in front of Hiei.

"Now if you need me I'll be in the back."

"Yuske, who had been silently fuming, spoke up when he saw Kagome walk off. "Hey where's my food!"

He got his answer when a plate of food and a drink came flying at him. "thanks." He mumbled picking up his scattered food.

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"One two three go! My baby don't mess around Because she loves me so And this I know fo shooo...Uh, But does she really wanna But can't stand to see me Walk ou the dooo..." Kagome sang from atop the wall she had been walking on, as she went to her new college.

She often found herself doing strange things like this a lot. Climbing walls, climbing trees, jumping from tree to tree (rather badly), and just being adventures. She loved being outside in nature, just absolutely loved it. That's why she was going to college to be a geologist.

Kagome had just moved to this town a few weeks ago. She had been staying with her Uncle Enma all her life, every since her mother, brother, and grandpa died when she was only three. She couldn't remember much about them, and sadly, she likes it better that way. Meant she couldn't really miss them that much.

She had moved to this town to learn to live on her own. So far, she had gotten herself an apartment, and a job. Her apartment wasn't that furnished, and her job wasn't very beneficial on the money department. But, she believed, that wasn't gonna be a big problem.

*Flashback*

It was Kagome's second week of working at the Burger House. So far, she had been getting good tips. Mainly from the guys, and she knew why, and wasn't a bit ashamed of it. You see she had gotten her skirt pulled up to high one day by accident. It started off the same, but then she noticed that her tips were steadily getting bigger and bigger.

She didn't know why at first, but when she went to the bathroom to...well she went to the bathroom. Seeing her skirt hiked up high in the mirror, she quickly fixed it. As she went back to work, her tips began to drop again. It took a while before she realized why. Going back into the bathroom, Kagome pulled her skirt back up, (but not too far up.) and finished off her day with big tips.

*End Flashback*

And another reason she didn't believe money would be a problem was this.

*Flashback*

A few days after the pulling-up-of-the-skirt act, the male customers began to get a little fresh.

She had been bent over wiping up a table when a group of boys, who already eaten, passed by her. One of them seeing her had pinched her on the behind as he passed.

Jumping up straight, Kagome turned around to see the boys leaving, all snickering at their friends' antics. Her eyes flashing from red to brown. Kagome stomped up behind the one who had pinched her, and kicked him in the back of the knee.

As he dropped to the ground, she grabbed his hair and yanked his head back.

"What is your problem? Do you think I enjoy having guys pinch me on my ass? WELL I DON'T. AND JUST FOR THAT YOU OWE ME TWENTY-DOLLARS. A MATTER OF FACT, FROM NOW ON, ALL PICNHCES, SLAPS, SQUEEZES, OR PUTTING ANY TYPE OF PRESSURE ON MY BUTT IS A TWENTY-DOLLAR FINE. SO PAY UP." Kagome yelled taking the boy's money, before letting him go.

And as he got himself up, Kagome collected twenty dollars from all five of his friends too before they left the burger house in a rush.

*End Flashback*

Today Kagome wore a black mini skirt with suspenders, a tight red shirt, black stockings, black ankle boots, and a pair of black shades to hide her abnormal eyes. She liked her eyes and all, but other people found it disturbing and frightening that she had scarlet red eyes, that flashed to brown when her emotions were high.

"Don't try to fight the feelin' because the thought alone is killing me right nooww... Uh, thank god for mom and dad For sticking through together 'Cause we don't know hooowww...UH! Heeeeey yAHHHHH!" loosing her footing Kagome fell off the wall. Closing her eyes, she waited for the impact as her body hit the cement. But it never came. Instead, she felt herself fall into strong hands.

Peeping one eye open she saw the face of her rescuer. It was Yuske, and his crew.

"Well if it isn't the pain in the ass punk from the Burger House.," she said staring straight into his big, brown, bushy browed eyes.

"Well if it isn't the piece of ass waitress," he replied oblivious of the staring.

"Fucking idjamamit." She muttered under her breathe as she turned her head away from him.

"What did you call me?"

"Put me down you moron."

"As you wish."

If Kagome had been facing him, she would have seen the mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Oomph!" was the only sound Kagome made as she fell onto the hard concrete. `Ow I think he bruised my butt.' She thought as she fought back her tears of pain.

"Yuske! Was that really necessary?" a smooth masculine voice scolded.

"Well she deserved it. She called me something I didn't recognize." Yuske said his voice full to the rim with humor.

"But did you have to drop her?"

"You heard her Kurama, she told me to put her down."

The guy Kurama, she guessed, ignored him as he went to help her up.

"I'm sorry miss..."

"Higurashi." She answered sniffling despite herself trying to holding it in.

"Higurashi. My friend here can sometimes be a little overzealous. My name is Kurama by the way," he told her in a voice so charming it made her want to slap him. She didn't know why, but men who talked with this much charm, made her think of someone trying to grope you.

"My name is Kagome." she replied reaching a hand out for him to shake it.

"A pleasure. And if you allow you to introduce the fellows behind me the tall red headed fellow is Kuabawra, the short, black headed, scowling one is Hiei, and Yuske you've already met."

Indicating a nod to each as they were called, she scowled at Yuske, and stormed up to him.

"So, you're name's Yuske huh?" she said raising an eyebrow at him from behind her sunglasses.

"Yeah! Got a problem with it?" he snapped getting in her face.

Not answering him, she gave him a once over from head to toe, and from toe to head. Looking him back in the eye, she sucked her teeth, and then turned her back on him; deliberately making her long, curly, black hair hit him in the face.

Smiling she gave each boy a slight bow. "It was a pleasure meeting you three, and it's a pleasure leaving you, Yuske." spinning on her heel she began to walk away, but as she passed Yuske, he pulled her back by her hair and took her glasses.

"What's with the glasses lit bit," he asked as he put her glasses on.

"LIT BIT!" she said in indignation. She may be short, but she didn't need anyone to rub it in. "give me back my glasses!" she yelled as she hopped to reach them.

"What these glasses? Well here you go, you can have them as soon as you get them." Yuske said as he held the glasses far out her reach.

"Don't underestimate her Yuske. Big things come in small packages, you should know." Surprisingly Hiei said from his position against the wall.

No one said anything as they stared at Hiei. Kagome was the first to recover as an evil grin flashed across her face, and her eyes sparkled their ruby red.

Getting into a ready position, Kagome whistled for everyone's attention, and as soon as Yuske turned around she did a roundhouse kick to his face, effectively knocking him on his back.

Stepping over him, she grabbed her glasses, and took off screaming as he made a grab for her.

"No Yuske, I cannot allow you to hurt a girl!" Kuabawra yelled struggling to hold Yuske back.

"Let me go Kuabawra, I won't hurt her too bad. Just enough to bruise."

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