Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Dusk til Dawn Starts a New Day ❯ Chp. 6 You Can Call Me...Lady no Tama ( Chapter 6 )

Chp 6. You can call me…Lady No Tama

 

`Now I know for sure her punches are getting stronger.' Yusuke thought as he rubbed his swollen eye, this punch had actually knocked him unconscious, but that was only for five minutes.

 

 

“What are you guys on? I wasn't attacked by any monster; I've been visiting my uncle Emma.”

 

“But we were there; we saw it stab you in the stomach.” Kuwabara argued, staring at the amused girl in front of him.

 

 

“Nope. You all must have been dreaming or something.” Kagome said with a shake of her head.

 

 

“We all dreamed the same dream?” Kurama asked with a skeptical look.

 

 

“Obviously.”

 

 

“No, couldn't be, here you should have a scar.” Reaching forward, Yusuke commenced to lift up her shirt.

 

 

“Back off idjit.” Kagome snapped annoyed as she slapped Yusuke's hand away. “What's up with you all, you've must've all inhaled chemicals or something I'll see you all later.” Waving her hand at them, she tried to walk pass to leave only to have her wrist grabbed by Yusuke.

 

 

“Where you going?” He asked sincerely.

 

 

“By my business.” She said with a smile.

 

 

“Oh.” Yusuke said before going quiet, staring at her intently as he did so.

 

 

“You...you gone let go of my arm?” she asked, indicating towards her trapped wrist, which he released immediately, merely saying `oh' again as he did so.

 

 

“You're acting like a real nut job today Yusuke.” Kagome laughed as she began to walk away again. Stopping, she looked back once more and laughed out loud again.

 

They said nothing just watched as she walked off laughing, but none as intently as Yusuke who couldn't help the smile that blossomed on his face.

 

 

“Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei!” A loud cheerful voice sounded off behind the four boys. Turning towards the sound, they saw Botan running towards them in her human disguise. “Hi guys!” she yelled even though she was now standing directly in front of them. “I have an important message from Koenma. He wants you in his office pronto and...What are you so happy about, Yusuke?” she asked catching sight of his broadly smiling face as she opened the portal.

 

 

“Does he want to see us or just them?” he asked trying to make his face stoic, but failed miserably.

 

 

“All of you, now about all the smiling...”

 

 

“Sorry, got to go see the baby.” He said loudly as he jumped into the portal.

 

 

“What's with him?” Botan asked the remaining detectives.

 

 

“Kagome's back.” Kuwabara said with a smile as he entered the portal, soon followed by Kurama and Hiei, all missing the stony look that overcame the grim reaper's face.

 

 

Getting herself back under control, Botan began to enter the portal only to have it close on her. “Hey what's the big idea!” she yelled to no one in particular.

 

 

“Well I wanted a word with you before you left.” A voice said calmly from behind her.

 

 

Recognizing the voice, Botan stiffened up as she put on a straight face. Slowly turning around she found herself face to face with a smiling Kagome.

 

 

“Lady No Tama.” Botan yipped in greeting, dropping to her knees and bowing lowly with her hands outspread at Kagome's feet.

 

 

“You can get up if you want.” Kagome said to the bowing reaper at her feet.

 

 

“Yes ma'am.” Botan said as she rose to her feet, a nervous look on her face. “You wish to speak with me my lady?”

 

 

“Relax. I'm only here to request a favor.” Kagome said with a smile.

 

 

“Yes milady, anything.”

 

 

“I need you to go to the meetings between the spirit detectives and Koenma and make sure he doesn't give me away.”

 

 

Botan looked at Kagome with an unsure eye. “How am I supposed to go by doing that?”

 

 

“Don't know...anything. Just make sure he doesn't tell...or give away anything. I want to surprise the boys and tell them myself.”

 

 

“Yes ma'am, if that's what you wish of me, then I shall do it.” Botan agreed with a bow before she opened a portal to Koenma's office, hopefully cutting the boy's off. “If I'm not being to bold, milady, but where is it that you're going?” Botan asked as she saw Kagome turn to leave.

 

 

“Me? I'm going home. Now don't let me down Botan, I'm counting on you. I hope we can be real good friends some day.” And with a smile and thumbs up, Kagome turned and morphed into a black bird with red eyes.

 

 

~__~

 

 

Kagome found herself staring wistfully up at a familiar pair of shrine steps. Although it had been five hundred and six years for her, Emma had told her it was only three for them. That would put Sota at the age of 15, the same age she had been when her adventure first began. Now here she was again, after a five centuries, back home. As she began to climb the stairs, she barely noticed that she was taking another form, a petite girl of 17. With straight, thick, black hair, brown eyes, and a green and white school uniform.

 

The sound of a broom being swept soon caught her sensitive ears and she smiled as the thought of her grandpa sweeping the grounds filled her mind. But it wasn't her grandpa she saw when she reached the top. Frowning, she stared at the back of a stranger in robes like her grandpa, a stranger with a jock like build and brown hair, a grumbling stranger who had yet to notice the girl behind him.

 

Looking around she saw nothing else out of place except an unearthly quiet. The house and shrine were the same, needed a new paint job, but were the same. Her eyes traveled to the God Tree, which seemed to wave a greeting to her in the wind, and then she spotted the well house, old and rickety, practically falling apart, but despite it all, there was a well-worn path worn to its door.

 

 

“Excuse me?” Kagome asked, turning back towards the stranger.

 

 

“We're closed.” The stranger replied gruffly.

 

 

Kagome had to hold in a gasp as the voice reached her ears. The voice sounded strange yet familiar. She recognized the voice as Sota's, but it held a sort of Miroku like tone.

 

 

“I'm not here for a tour, I've been here before.”

 

 

“Good, then you know how to leave.”

 

 

“Did the family that used to live here move?” she asked, playing a visitor.

 

 

“Still do and always will.” Sota answered without looking up as he continued to sweep.

 

 

“So where is that girl that stays here? Is she home?”

 

 

“Her names Kagome and no she isn't.”

 

 

“Oh, so how long has she been gone is she expected anytime soon?”

 

 

“For a while now and she's expected at all times.”

 

 

“For a while, that's not an answer, I heard she ran off.”

 

 

“She did not run off, she's only been away for a few years. She'll be back anytime now.” Sota said through clenched teeth as he gripped the broom tightly.

 

 

“Gone a few years and you still have hopes that she'll come back. Seems kind of pathetic if you ask me.”

 

 

“I know my sister, she never lies and she always promised that she'll be back. And beside, no one asked you, now leave, or else I'll make you.”

 

 

“Alright kid, don't get upset. I think it's wonderful that you keep your hopes up. Don't worry it'll pay off. One day, she'll come walking up the stairs and say. I'm back, Sota, the jewel's complete, Inuyasha's never going to bother me again and I'm here to stay.” as she said this, Sota froze in place.

 

 

“Kagome?” dropping the broom he slowly turned around to stare wide eyed at her.

 

 

“Did you miss me?” she said softly with a smile before Sota plowed into her.

 

 

“Kagome, you don't know how much I missed you. They kept saying you'll never come back, but I didn't listen, I never listened. And now you're back. What happened? Why were you away so long? What happened? What happened?” anyone who would've come onto the sentimental moment would have found the sight of a petite girl holding a much bigger, jock like, 15 year old boy who was crying hysterically quite funny, but to the two it was a joyous moment.

 

 

“I'll tell you later Sota, where's mama?” Kagome told her little brother as they let each other go; wiping the tears, she had off her face.

 

 

“Come on, she's in the house, she hasn't been the same since you disappeared.” Sota said happily, as he led her into the house, oblivious to his tear stained face.

 

 

“Mom?” Sota called aloud as they entered the hall. “Mom?”

 

 

“What is it Sota?” she heard her mom call, making her choke back a sob.

 

 

“We've got a visitor.” Sota called after glancing at his sister.

 

 

“Well I'm in the kitchen.”

 

 

“Come on,” he said pulling her harder.

 

 

On entering the kitchen, they found their mother by the sink washing dishes. “Mom.”

 

 

“Who is it Sota?” their mother said as she turned around. Gasping loudly she dropped the plate she was drying. “K-Kagome?”

 

 

“Mama!” Kagome cried as tears poured down her face, but as she took a step towards her mother, said person feinted.

 

 

“I think that's welcome back.” Sota laughed as he went to pick his mother up.

 

 

~__~

 

The tears flowed, they held each other, they cried, and they laughed. They talked about this and that, and they cried some more. Sota changed out of his shrine clothing, and into a pair of slacks. They sat in the living room and talked about what was going on with them, skipping Kagome's story for obvious reasons. Sitting with her mother and brother, she found out that Sota was on the football team at school, she learned that her mother had opened a small shop on the shrine where she sold clothing that she made, and she learned that her grandpa was sick. Up until then she hadn't noticed her grandpa's absence.

 

 

That's how she found herself standing alone in the hall outside her grandpa's room. Taking a deep breath, she opened the door, flinching back involuntarily as the stench of approaching death reached her nose. She could feel the tears begin to build up; she knew Botan would come to visit her grandfather any day now.

 

She followed rasp and shallow breathes into the room until they led her to her grandfather's soon to be deathbed. Kneeling down she got into a prayer position and prayed for her grandfather as she let the tears flow for him.

 

 

“K-Kagome?” a wheezy voice called through the darkness.

 

 

“Grandpa?” Kagome yelled loudly groping for the old man's hand in the dark.

 

 

“Kagome, it's been so long.” He said once she finally found his hand.

 

 

“I know grandpa, but I'm back now and we can be a family again.”

 

 

“I missed you so much. I prayed to the god tree everyday. I prayed that I could see you one last time before I left.”

 

 

“Don't talk this way. Infact don't talk at all, you've got to reserve your strength towards getting better!” Kagome cried out desperately as hot tears rolled down her face.

 

 

“Nonsense, it's my time to go and there's nothing anyone can do about it. This sickness has gotten to my heart and planted roots.” He said as he tried to laugh, only to end up with hacking coughs.

 

 

Crying aloud, she laid her head down in her grandpa's hand. “Don't cry, there's nothing you can do, besides, this is for the best.”

 

 

“For the best? For the best! How is this for the best? I've just come back after 5 centuries of being trapped in stone! 3 years of not knowing who I am, and when I finally get everything straight, you're trying to weasel out of my life!”

 

 

“Kagome...”

 

 

“NO, shut up! You're supposed to nag me, and drive me crazy for years! You're supposed to attack all my boyfriends! You're supposed to accuse all my friends of being demons! And you're supposed to stay around long enough to be a great-grandfather! Now I don't want to hear another word of it!” Standing up angrily, she dropped her disguise completely and growled loudly as she searched for the sickness inside her grandpa. Holding a clawed hand over the petrified old man, she held it over his heart, where it began to glow blue. The old man on the bed began making rasping noises, but she ignored it as she focused on the sickness. Slowly she could feel all the sickness drawing in one spot, continuing to ignore the now bucking old man's cries and sharp intakes of breathe, she put more force into the ritual until she could finally pull it out.

 

 

“There!” she cried loudly. And with quick and fast motions, she drew out a symbol on her grandpa's chest, before hitting him in that spot.

 

 

Time stood still as the old man went rigged then still. And just as it seemed he wouldn't move again, he sat up and started coughing until a small blue stone departed from his throat. The stone floated up until it was eye levels to Kagome, narrowing her eyes at the infestation she growled and barely moved as something shot out from behind her and hit the stone dead on, making it explode into tiny bits of light that vanished on impact with the ground.

 

 

Behind her, the door burst open to reveal her mother and brother.

 

 

“Kagome?” Sota asked looking at his demonic looking sister.

 

 

“Dad?” her mother asked aloud, as she saw her father sitting up in bed and looking better.

 

 

“Is that a tail?” Sota blurted out. “COOL!”

 

 

~__~

 

 

“Is he alive?” Botan asked with a grim smile, as they stood around the unconscious Koenma.

 

 

“I don't know you hit him pretty hard with that oar.” Yuske answered with a highly amused smile as he looked towards the broken oar.

 

 

“I was trying to open a portal for me to leave and it slipped.” Botan explained devotedly.

 

 

“What was he trying to tell us before the...'accident'?” Kurama asked casting Botan a suspicious glance.

 

 

“I haven't a clue; he could've been trying to say anything.” Botan said loudly with nervousness.

 

 

“It sounded like it started with a `K'.” Hiei stated with suspicion on Botan's act.

 

 

“Or `C' as in case. Like the one on his desk.”

 

 

“Or `K' as in…” Kurama began only to be interrupted.

 

 

“Kagome.” Yusuke blurted out.

 

 

“What?” Botan asked loudly as her body went stiff and her eyes became wide.

 

 

“Kagome. I think I'm going to spend the day with her.” Yusuke answered as he turned towards the door.

 

 

“We're coming too.” Kuwabara announced as they began to follow. Yusuke stopped in his tracks to stare angrily back at them, hints of the old evil Yusuke peeking through. He wanted to be alone with her.

 

 

“She's our friend too Urameshi.” Kuwabara argued.

 

 

“And besides, we'll like to know what's going on. Where has she been for the past couple of months? What was that demon after that attacked her? How does she know the lord Sesshomaru?” Kurama added seeing how that didn't affect the brooding detective.

 

 

“Fine,” He said finally giving in, “You can come.”

 

 

~___~

 

 

“Where did she go?” Yusuke was yelling angrily as they found themselves back at the park.

 

 

Kagome, in the form of the black bird, stared down at the detectives with barely contained amusement. She had been watching them search relentless for her for the last hour. They had started at her usual haunts, then returned to the park and decided to follow her scent, but only ended up losing it or going in circles. She had just returned from the shrine when she caught sight of them. The house had been filled with laughter, tears, yelling, more laughter, and finally ending with tears again as she departed. She promised that she'd be back soon as possible, even if it hurt to depart from her family so soon after so long, but she needed to do a few things. Although harassing the detectives hadn't been one of those things, she always had time for that.

 

 

“I'll just let them find me.” She finally said coming to a decision. Launching out of the tree she was perched in, she circled over the detectives once before diving to the wall she had climbed over earlier. As she glided to the ground the morphed back into her everyday appearance, this time not forgetting pants. “Yusuke can be such a pervert.” She muttered as she brushed imaginary dust off her clothes.

 

 

“Well, well, well. What do I have here?” A deep voice said from behind her as she suddenly found strong arms around her waist and a clawed hand pressed threatenly against her neck.

 

 

“I don't know. You tell me.” Kagome said with a lazy calm in her voice.

 

 

The demon that held her was slightly surprised before getting his composure under control again. “Don't make a sound and I'll make your death quick and painless.”

 

 

“Yeah, whatever floats your boat, skipper.” She said again in her lazy calm voice. She smiled to herself as she felt the demons grip loosen unsurely, before tightening again and jumping off with her in its arms.

 

 

 

They hadn't gone ten yards when her boredom got the better of her. “Okay that's enough.” Kagome said in a deadpan voice as she grabbed the demon's arms.

 

 

 

“Who the hell do you think you are human?” the demon yelled in outrage as his supper had the galls to touch him.

 

 

 

“Your worst nightmare.” Kagome said in a dark demonic voice as her front became her back and vice verse in the demons arms.

 

 

 

“OH, Eww, AHHH!” the demon yelled in fright as he released her attempted to run away but was stopped by Kagome's hold on his arms. “Who are you lady?”

 

 

 

“I'm not going to be the one to let you go and eat some innocent human if that what you think. But you can call me…Lady no Tama.” Kagome announced in a deeper voice as her disguise dropped away showing her demon form. Her hair grew longer and was in a high ponytail on top of her head that reached her mid-calf. Her bangs reached down below her chin so she had them combed over to the side so that they covered half her face. Her eyes were a darker red and her eyelids held dark bluish-green markings over them. The markings covered all her eyelids and came off to her temples in an arch before dropping down to her cheekbones. Her ears were pointier than she would have liked, but there was nothing she could do about them for they were hers, and stuck out far past her head. Her clothing looked the same of that of Naraku's except with a few alterations. Same colors, but the pants were now shorts and the sleeves were so long they touched the ground, and her obi was violet and came to a giant bow that sat at her mid back. She wore no kind of shoes on her small feet.

 

 

 

“What are you going to do with me…m-milady?” the demon stuttered.

 

 

 

“You know I was going to kill you, but I don't feel like it. Then I was going to send you back to the demon world, but I don't know, transforming you to something seems like fun.”

 

 

 

 

“Anything, just don't kill me.”

 

 

 

“Okay. Just because I'm feeling so nice today.” Kagome said with a wink. Keeping a firm grip on the frightened demon with one arm she place her hand onto his head and watched as a serene look passed over his face. He closed his eyes as a pleasant feeling passed through him. And when he opened them he yelled in terror as he found himself looking up at a gigantic Lady No Tama.

 

 

 

“AHH! What did you do?” he yelled in terror as she cooed loudly and picked him up.

 

 

 

“You are so cute! What are you?” Kagome gushed loudly as she picked the transformed demon up. He was the size of a small dog, with the flexibility of a monkey; it looked like a cat, had the fluffy tail of a squirrel, and had the ears and paws of a fox. Its fur, to her delight, continued to change colors as his emotions went high.

 

 

 

“You mean you don't know?” the creatures yelled hysterically as it fought against her cuddling.

 

 

 

“No. I was just winging it.” She said as she let him go.

 

 

 

“You bitch! What'd you do to me wench!”

 

 

 

“Hey!” Kagome growled angrily as she let her power bear down on him so hard that he balled himself up in fear and pain. “I could've gone and just killed you.”

 

 

 

“No, I am sorry. Please Lady no Tama. Anything but that. I can't take pain too well.” He said as he graveled at her feet.

 

 

 

“The option is still on the table so you can take it or option #2 and come with me.”

 

 

 

“Come with you?” The creature asked confusedly.

 

 

 

“Yes. I could use something like you around, and you would be taken care of and slightly pampered because of your looks. Now it is up to you.” As she said this she eased up off him and smiled sweetly.

 

 

 

“Well if that's the case. I am at your service…my Lady no Tama.” The little creature said humbly as it stood on its hind legs and bowed.

 

 

 

“Good.” Kagome said officially as she picked him up. “Now that that's settled. Do you have a name?”

 

 

 

“Gumer.”

 

 

 

“Gumer?” Kagome asked aloud as she laughed loudly.

 

 

 

“It's not that funny.” Gumer said moodily as he jumped to her shoulder.

 

 

 

“I'm sorry…Gumer.” Kagome said tightly trying not to laugh. “Well come on, let's go.”

 

 

 

“You're not going anywhere demon.” A familiar voice suddenly yelled as a stinging pain shot through Kagome arm.

 

 

 

“Look out it the Spirit Detectives.” Gumer yelled too late as he hopped to Kagome head and disappeared.

 

 

 

“Thanks Gumer, you're a lot of help.” Kagome growled sarcastically at the invisible critter on her head. “Ow that hurt.” Kagome said addressing the Spirit Detectives behind her. “Am I bleeding? No. Okay then, but still OW! What's the big idea?”

 

 

 

“That's what we should be asking you? What are you doing here?” Yusuke yelled, seemingly unfazed that his spirit gun didn't have more of an effect.

 

 

 

“Getting shot apparently.”

 

 

 

“Why are you not in the demon world?”

 

 

Suddenly feeling playful, Kagome smiled sweetly. “Why to meet the famous Reikai tentai of course. I've heard that you four are the most strong, powerful, and handsome men of our time. And I wanted to see if that was true.”

 

 

 

“Well as you obviously see us, now you can get right back.”

 

 

 

“Oh come on, Mr. Urameshi. How do I know the rumors are true? You look to be merely children. So far the only one that seems to at least meet the standards is the handsome part.” She said with a seductive wink.

 

 

 

“Rest assured girl, we are the strongest around.” Hiei said with a smirk.

 

 

 

“We'll see about that.”

 

 

 

“What do you want with us?” Kuwabara asked as he got rid of all his defensive attitude.

 

 

 

“Just to merely observe, Kazuma.”

 

 

 

“How do you our names?” Kurama asked calmly.

 

 

 

“You'd have to ask Koenma about that one.” Kagome answered as she began to disappear.

 

 

 

“Wait, who are you?” Yusuke yelled just as everything disappeared except her eyes.

 

 

 

“You can call me…Lady no Tama.” And with a wink, she was gone.

 

 

 

~___~

 

 

 

“Who is she Damnit?” Yusuke yelled as he grabbed his boss and shook him like a rag.

 

 

 

“Why are you yelling?” Koenma asked in a quiet voice when Yusuke stopped shaking him.

 

 

 

“I don't know!” Yusuke replied as he continued to shake him. “Now who is she?”

 

 

 

“If you'd stop shaking me I can tell you!”

 

 

 

“Oh.” Dropping his tiny boss Yusuke stepped away to join the rest of his teammates.

 

 

 

“You need people skills.” Kuwabara remarked in a serious voice.

 

 

 

“Now, as I was trying to say…her name is Lady no Tama and she was born centuries ago in Feudal Japan. She is one of the few remaining of that time. And because of her immense age she has grown in power over the centuries and could possibly be rivaled with Father. She has not posed a threat to anyone or even tried to escape the demon realm. If you have captured her attention then it would be best to proceed with caution.”

 

 

 

“Yeah, but will she be a problem?” Yusuke wanted to know.

 

 

 

“Does she have a mate?” Kurama asked.

 

 

 

“Why Kurama? Thinking about pursuing her?” Koenma asked with a waggle of his eyebrows.

 

 

 

“No, merely for the amusement of Youko.” Kurama replied, unaffected by his words.

 

 

 

“Oh sure. Anyway, she is not mated nor has she ever been. Funny though, all those years without a mate.”

 

 

 

Kurama nodded his head in acknowledgement.

 

 

 

“She is a beauty though, isn't she?” Koenma asked casually although he didn't get an answer. “I've never met her. What is she like?”

 

 

 

“She's too full of herself.” Hiei answered.

 

 

 

“What did she say to you?”

 

 

 

“She says she heard rumors that we're the most powerful, handsome, and strongest men of our time.” Kuwabara answered followed by the loud laughter of Koenma.

 

 

 

“You guys…handsome?” He laughed.

 

 

 

“We are right here you know.” Kuwabara said as they all felt slightly offended, while Hiei just didn't give a damn but the laughter was annoying.

 

 

 

“Maybe she's considering one of you for her mate.” He continued to laugh.

 

 

 

“We can hear you.” Yusuke said.

 

 

 

“She's going to have a hard time choosing. I wonder which one she'll pick. The feministic, schizoid fox. Or the homicidal midget with three eyes. Maybe the muscle head with the face quandary. What about the fathead with bad people skills and bursts of violence. Oh she's going to have a hard time…”

 

 

 

“HELP ME!” a yell sounded out amidst all Koenma's laughter.

 

 

 

“What was that?” Yusuke asked suspiciously as Koenma suddenly stopped yelling and kicked at something under his desk.

 

 

 

“What was what? Oh that. That was Dina.”

 

 

“Who?”

 

 

 

“You know the nursery rhyme. Someone's in the kitchen with Dina.”

 

 

 

“I…what…huh?”

 

 

 

“Good.” Koenma said satisfied. Want people to forget what just happened, confuse the hell out of them and change the subject. Works every time. “So about that case you were here about earlier.”

 

 

 

“Umm…yeah. The case.” Yusuke said more to himself as he shook off the confusion like it was a physical thing.

 

 

 

“Earlier when we were here and Botan knocked you unconscious…what were you going to say?” Kurama asked as he suddenly remembered.

 

 

 

“I don't remember. Refresh my memory.”

 

 

 

“You were about to say something that started with a `K'.”

 

 

 

“So?”

 

 

 

“So what did the `K' stand for?” Yusuke asked becoming annoyed.

 

 

 

“I don't know.”

 

 

 

“We thought the `K' might have had something to do with Kagome.”

 

 

 

“Now what gave you that idea?” Koenma asked with obvious innocence.

 

 

There was a moments silence as all the detectives summed the same thing up. The `K' did have something to do with Kagome.

 

 

“What does she have to do with anything? Why do you have such an interest in her? Why did Yama want us to stay away from her? Why is she so important?” Yusuke asked angrily in a low voice as the touchy subject of Kagome came up once again.

Koenma sobered up quickly on seeing the look in Yusuke's eyes. “You really care about her, don't you Yusuke?”

 

 

 

“More than you can imagine. Now answer my questions.”

 

 

 

“Fine.” Koenma said with a sigh. “Kagome is the reincarnated soul of an ancient priestess that lived hundreds of years ago. That priestess name was Kikyo and she was the protector of a powerful jewel. This jewel was sought after by all demons throughout the land and the priestess had to be strong to protect it. It was one of the demons that the priestess fell in love with. His name was Inuyasha and he was not so much a demon, but a hanyou. It was his failed attempt to still the jewel that brought the two together…”

 

 

 

“What the hell does this have to do…?” Yusuke began hotly.

 

 

 

“Just listen to the damn story Yusuke!” Koenma yelled in true anger. “I've always hated this story and now that I've started I'll be damned if I'm going to stop now. And this story is part of Kagome's. So if you want to know why she's important then you'll shut the hell up and listen.”

 

 

 

Yusuke too shocked to say anything motioned for Koenma to continue.

 

 

 

“Thank you. Now where was I? The two were in love. Inuyasha sought after the jewel so that he could wish upon its power to grant him full demonship. But upon falling in love with Kikyo his priorities were changed to become full human and live out his days with her. He was too stupid to realize that upon wishing on the jewel the jewel would become null and devoid, ending Kikyo's burden of being its protector, which is what she truly wanted. Later Kikyo came into the care of a burned thief by the name of Onigumo. Onigumo, with his wicked heart, fell into love with the priestess. But knew her heart would never be his, so he summoned demons to devour him so that he could gain from them. It was then that the hanyou Naraku was born. Naraku, disguised as Inuyasha, attacked Kikyo whilst alone and stole the jewel. For Naraku had no love for Kikyo, Onigumo loved her, not he, and Onigumo was no more but an annoyance within the evil being. Now disguised as Kikyo, Naraku attacked the unknowing hanyou in the forest. The hanyou was wounded but managed to escape. Now both wounded the two begotten lovers met and finished each other off. But on her last strength, Kikyo sealed Inuyasha to a tree and requested the jewel to be burned with her body. Now this is where Kagome comes in.” Koenma said as he stared off at his captivated audience most of all Yusuke.

 

 

“Fifty years go by and a girl suddenly appeared in the village Kikyo once resided. Kagome was her name and she had been pulled through a magical well in her time. 500 years in the future. She happened upon the hanyou still connected to the tree. Foolishly she awakens the sleeping hanyou. He mistakes her for Kikyo, for they were identical. A centipede demon attacks the young girl, taking a chunk out of her side. And to her surprise the cursed jewel falls from her wound. Releasing the hanyou for the tree he quickly rids the world of the demon. With the demon gone the hanyou falls upon the girl, who has retrieved the jewel from the fallen demon, to kill her and steal the jewel. But with help from the village priestess Kagome is able to subdue the hanyou. He is less then pleased. With the village priestess, who was Kikyo's younger sister, Kagome's learns of her incarnate and what she was. A miko and guardian of the jewel. New to the title, the jewel is stolen from the girl b a crow demon. Foolishly Kagome shoots an arrow at the demon. She succeeded in killing the demon, but in her unskilled aim, she shatters the jewel and the shards are scattered all across the land. Reeking havoc and destruction. Teaming up with the hanyou the girl tracks across the land gathering all the shards that she could get. She does this for 3 years. Amidst those three years they team up with an orphaned fox demon, a cursed monk with wandering hands, and a lone demon slayer and her companion cat demon, the last of their clan. Also during those 3 years a witch stole the ashes of Kikyo and resurrected her in order to steal the dead priestess's power. But she needed one key component. Her soul, which was now inside Kagome. The witch somehow manages to kidnap Kagome and ripped her soul from her body and gave it to Kikyo. Fully resurrected Kikyo kills the witch and spots Inuyasha, and thinking he betrayed her fifty years prior the two fought.”

 

 

Here Koenma paused as if to recollect his thoughts. “Kagome, although without a soul, fights to survive and summons her souls back to her. Kikyo realizing what happens flees with the half that she has, although Kagome manages to get more than half back. Kikyo realizes what truly happens and dedicates her second life to killing Naraku and bringing Inuyasha to hell with her. Once Inuyasha realizes the truth he promises to always protect Kikyo, for he still loved her. This broke Kagome's heart for she was starting to fall for the hanyou. For three years they struggled. Meeting tragic victims of the jewel powers, gathering shards, fighting Naraku, and getting their hearts broken. For the hanyou did occasionally show affection towards Kagome but most of the time he spent insulting her, comparing her to Kikyo, and running off to be with said priestess. Finally the final battle for the jewel was upon them, they were joined in battle by Inuyasha's half brother Sesshomaru, and Kagome's unofficial love interest, Kouga.”

 

 

“Her what?” Yusuke asked suddenly forgetting Koenma's earlier anger at being interrupted.

 

 

“Love interest. She thought of him no more than a friend, although he continued to court her, proclaiming she was his woman and that he would come to get her once Naraku was dead. Anyway, the final battle came and Naraku was killed. Kagome, being the only one able to purify the jewel so that a wish could be made on it, was the one to finally kill the evil hanyou. Now the jewel was complete and she could finally live happily with her hanyou love, Inuyasha. But their love was to never be. He betrayed her. Him and the dead priestess Kikyo attacked Kagome and killed their companions while they were alone. Hurt and heartbroken, Kagome used the last of her strength to kill the pair. With her friends and love dead Kagome simply didn't have the will to live and let her wounds and exhaustion take her out. But fate would have it that she died in feudal Japan but she was reborn back in her time with no recollection what had happened or any lingering remarks, except the jewel. The jewel was once again buried deep within her body. And that's why father didn't want you around her so you want attract your enemies too her and have the jewel discovered. And that's why she's so important.”

 

 

 

The detectives were dumbfounded. To think their sweet, innocent, sometime violent towards Yusuke, was a powerful priestess with a tragic past.

 

 

 

“Is that all? You idiot!” Yusuke exclaimed loudly stragithening up. “If you're stupid enough to think I'd endanger Kagome and then not be able to protect you deserve to have the shit shaken out of you.”

 

 

“No demon would dare approach her. Only weaklings need tools to become stronger.” Hiei said as he placed a hand on his sword.

 

 

 

“I never would have guessed. She seemed so normal.” Kurama stated more to himself than anyone.

 

 

 

“I'm hungry.” Kuwabara said as he scratched his stomach.

 

 

 

“Me too. Does Kagome know how to cook?” Yusuke asked himself. “One way to find out.”

 

 

 

“Don't go making her mad Urameshi she's just going to hit you again.” Kuwabara argued as he began to follow Yusuke out the door.

 

 

 

“You won't go mentioning this to her will you?” Koenma asked after studying their faces with a smile.

 

 

 

“What for? She's perfectly happy not knowing.” Kurama answered with a quirked eyebrow.

 

 

 

“You don't think any different of her now that you know her story?”

 

 

 

“Why should we? Same old Kagome on top different layers under. She'd still hit me if I looked under her skirt with or without knowing her past.” Yusuke answered with a flip of his hand as they all left the office.

 

 

 

“And you were worried.” Koenma said in Kagome's voice as she lifted the real Koenma from under the desk, his mouth gagged and his arms and legs hogtied behind his back.

 

 

 

“Was this all really necessary?” Koenma asked as Gumer took the gag out of his mouth.

 

 

 

“Probably not, but where's the fun in that?” Kagome asked as she took her regular form, the one of Lady no Tama.

 

 

 

“Can you get out of my office now?” Koenma said angrily now that he was free.

 

 

 

“Oh little cousin, what's the big rush. Trying to get rid of me already?” Kagome gushed as she grabbed Koenma and cuddled him.

 

 

 

“Let me go, I'll do whatever you want.”

 

 

 

“Really. Then I want a location.”

 

 

 

“Location to what?” Koenma asked suspiciously as she put him down.

 

 

“You know where? This is spirit world. World of the spirits. I want to see them again. It has been over 506 years since last we talked.”