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Haunted Passions

Chapter IV

 

I wonder what I'll make happen this time...?

 

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yuyu Hakusho or Inuyasha! I wish I did, but sadly... I don't.

 

Let's talk telepathically!

/Hiei/

(Someone Else)

 

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The next morning, the two decided to skip breakfast. Ok, more like Hiei didn't hunt, so Kagome skipped. They started out walking, and Kagome realized that she longed to be able to touch him again. Cursing her hormones, she had to tear her eyes away from him. Otherwise she might have actually reached out and touched him, and that probably would've lost her her head. A familiar pulse had her stopping. Hiei looked at her annoyed, so she voiced it. "I feel jewel shards... three of them."

 

"Where?"

 

"Heading for us." She replied. About five minutes later a giant bear burst from the trees. "Two in it's forehead, and one in it's chest."

 

Nodding, Hiei disappeared in a blur. "Give me your sacred jewel shards!" It roared before trying to charge her. It quickly fell into pieces as Hiei materialized.

 

Looking at him in awe, she had to shake herself so she could grab the shards. Hiei watched her as she did. The purple shard instantly turned pink the moment it touched her skin. He was surprised that she could do that when she couldn't focus her energy very well. Noticing his look she sighed. "It's instinctive for my powers, at least that's what Kaede said."

 

Hiei nodded and crouched down for her to climb onto his back. "I want to get to the village quickly, get on." Following his command, she gracefully slid onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck.

 

Feeling the muscles grow taunt beneath her had her almost gasping. It felt so good to be pressed up against him once again. Sighing, she relaxed closer against him and concentrated on trying to find her son's aura. Shocked was not a suitable word to describe how she felt at realizing they'd be at the village soon. As the village came into view, she smiled somewhat. (You can stop Hiei. We're practically at the village.)

 

Nodding, he stopped and lowered her to the ground. After a few more minutes of walking, they crested a hill and saw the village spread out before them. Feeling a demonic aura approaching, he placed his hand on his katana. Kagome's smile though stopped him from doing anything as a kitsune pup raced toward them, throwing himself at the girl and knocking her over with the force. "Momma!"

 

"Shippo!" She replied happily as she hugged him to her as tight as she could. "I missed you so much! How are you doing sweetie?"

 

"I'm alright mommy. None of the others were mean to you were they?" Looking over at the demon next to his mother, he immediately looked back to the girl. "Who's he? Did something happen? Where're the others?"

 

Kagome's hand came up to cover his mouth as she giggled. "Kikyo accidently hit me with her arrow as she killed the demon we went after, that knocked me off a cliff, and I ended up in Hiei's cave. He's going to be joining our group because he doesn't like Naraku."

 

The kit's eyes were wide as he stared at his mother. "You fell off a cliff?! How'd you survive the fall?"

 

Giggling, she replied seriously "the fall can not kill you Shippo."

 

Hiei stared at her like she was nuts as Shippo looked at her strangely. "How does the fall not kill you?"

 

A mischievous glint appeared in her eyes as she looked at the boy. "The fall doesn't kill you because you're simply moving through the air." Stating this in a monotone was difficult since she wanted to laugh, but it was even harder to do the same with the next part. "It's the impact that gets you."

 

Shippo laughed at her answer. "But if you weren't falling, there wouldn't be an impact."

 

"True, but it's still the impact and not the fall. Anyways, I landed in a river and was carried away from the cliff."

 

"So the others never found you?" Shippo decided to ask.

 

"I doubt they truly tried to look." She replied as she stood with the boy in her arms. "Let's go see Kaede."

 

"One more thing, how'd you beat them back, and how are you all healed now?"

 

Getting a dreamy look, she started giggling. "Hiei carried me. He's way faster than Inuyasha. And I healed myself since my aura wouldn't disband."

 

Nodding Shippo decided he asked enough questions and buried his face into her neck and shoulder. Giggling again, Kagome started stroking his hair and tail. Hiei simply followed them into the village. The villagers stared at him, but did nothing since he was with Kagome and Shippo. They entered Kaede's hut minutes later, and the old priestess looked up at them. "I see ye have another companion. Where are thee others?"

 

"Some things happened and we got separated. Hiei protected me and helped me get back to the village. He also wishes to travel with us so he can kill Naraku."

 

"Will ye be returning home?"

 

"I think I should, at least to gather some supplies."

 

/Where is your home?/

 

(Um... hard to explain. It's through the Bone Eaters Well though.) Looking at Shippo, then Kaede she smiled. "I'll go now and be back tonight."

 

Shippo hugged her as tightly as he could. "Ok mommy."

 

"Aye child. I'll see ye later tonight."

 

Standing, she left the hut to head for the forest. Hiei, of course, was following her. Heading first toward Goshinboku, she decided to try to explain things better to him. As expected, when she stopped he dropped out of the tree. "I don't see a well."

 

"The well is a little ways away. This is Goshinboku, the God Tree." Her hand lay the bare part. "This is where Inuyasha was sealed." Turning to Hiei, she leaned back against the tree. "My home through the well is actually five hundred years into the future." That got a shocked expression from him. "This needs to remain secret. I don't want people finding out about the well, but if you're going to be traveling with us you'll need to know." A small smile adorned her lips as she continued. "I highly doubt you'd like to remain in the village, so I thought you may like to stay in Goshinboku. It has a calming and peaceful aura."

 

"Why do you think I wouldn't stay in the village?"

 

Her smile slightly widened. "Too many ningens."

 

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Kagome slid the door open as she entered the kitchen. As expected, her mother was just inside. "Hi momma."

 

Turning, her mother examined her with a smile. "Welcome home dear." Holding out her arms, Kagome raced into them and cried in happiness. "How were things in the past dear?"

 

Sighing, Kagome sat down at the table as her mother made some tea for her. Then she started explaining everything that had happened. "So now Hiei is waiting for me, and then we have to wait for the others."

 

"I suggest you get a bath then. I'll go out and get you some supplies as well as a new backpack."

 

Kagome smiled and hugged her mother close. "Thank-you momma." Heading upstairs, she first entered her room. What should I wear? I'm tired of looking strange when I walk around in that time... I guess I'll go shopping for kimonos. Grabbing something that she could easily slip on, she headed for the bathroom to get clean. Drawing warm water into the tub, she slowly slipped into it. Sighing as the warm water relaxed her muscles. Slowly she washed her body till it was squeaky clean, then climbed out and dried off. Dressing quickly, she walked downstairs and left a note to her mother that she was going out to get some clothing suitable for the fuedal era.

 

Hurrying to the mall, she looked around to find a few outfits. She bought a few fighting kimonos, a few regular kimonos, and she even bought two yukatas. Knowing that she had lost her supplies, she decided that she didn't want a sleeping bag. I'm going to start sleeping in the trees. Were her thoughts as she continued to search the mall. Trees were quite comfortable, her only problem would be getting into the thing. Then again, Shippo would more than likely help her since he'd be sleeping with her. On that thought, she headed to a toy store. Looking around, she bought several items for her dear son. Then thinking of the fact she needed a new bow, she headed into a hunting store. Browsing through the items, she came across a pretty silver bow.

 

Running her hands along the cool smooth material, she sighed happily. The bow felt nice. Picking it up and getting into stance with it, she relished how good it felt. Deciding that she wanted it, she moved on to the next display of weapons. The katanas were all quite beautiful. Continuing on through the store, she found the daggers. Picking one up, she tried to push her holy power into it. Having to stop herself from squealing in joy when it worked, she picked out a couple. Returning to the archery display, she picked out a black leather quiver and some black tipped arrows.

 

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It was a little while later that she arrived home. Her mom was humming and making lunch in the kitchen. Upon arriving in her room, she found the things her mother got for her spread out across her bed. The back pack her mom got for her was a black hiking bag, and she slowly packed the items inside it. Her clothes were also put inside, besides one of the kimonos. The one she left out was black with little flames dotting it as the pattern. Her obi was red. Tucking her daggers inside, she sets to work on practicing using her ki for spells. She wanted to place one on her quiver so that her arrows return to it after they've been used. Fifteen minutes later, her mother called her down for lunch. She had already cast the spell, so she figured she'd try it out to see if it worked. Grabbing her bow, she carried her archery things downstairs and leaned them beside the door.

 

"How is your packing dear?"

 

Smiling slightly, she looked up at her mom. "I'm almost done, I'm just working on my spells."

 

"Which spell this time?" Her mother asked as she placed a plate before the girl.

 

"A returning spell. I want my arrows to return to the quiver after they've served their purpose in being shot."

 

"I hope your spell works then."

 

"So do I momma." Once she was done eating, she walked outside to her practice area. Drawing an arrow from her quiver, she made sure that there were five inside. So now there were four, minus the one in her hand. Drawing the string taunt, she took aim and fired. Hitting dead center on the target. After a minute, the arrow dissolves from view. Reaching back to her quiver, she smiled as she felt five arrows. "It worked!"

 

"Kagome!" Turning, she saw her grandfather was heading toward her. "I have something for you." He handed her a brown package and kissed her cheek. "I thought you might need these in the past."

 

Opening it, she found a pair of black hakama and a red haori. Smiling she hugged her grandfather as tightly as she could. "Thank-you Ji-chan."

 

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Blue light surrounded her as she came out on the other side of the well. Her back pack was lighter than usual since it held no sleeping bag. Instead, there was merely a warm blanket. Grabbing hold of the vines, she carefully pulled herself up. Once she reached the lip she hauled her body over it. Managing to stand after a couple of minutes, she straightened out her clothing and walked gracefully to the village. Her steps were lighter and she felt much better than she had earlier. Her mother had spoken to her about her dream, because she wanted to talk to someone about it. However, she blushed the entire time. Her mother explained that the dream was probably from a physical attraction to the demon, since she hadn't been treated as he had treated her in a long while.

 

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Hiei had caught her scent the moment she appeared in the well. Her scent of rainstorms seemed to call out to him. He moved closer to the well and watched as she crested the top, falling to the ground as she pulled herself and her pack over it. When she rose to her feet, his breath caught. She was beautiful in her kimono. It was a fancy one. Flames seemed to dance around the black silk material. In her current outfit, her body was shown more clearly. Her last one left much to the imagination as it was quite baggy, however something about her seemed to have changed as she decided to don the more form fitting kimono. He followed her through the forest as his eyes roamed her form. She looked to be very shapely as her breasts seemed large and her hips wide. Just as she broke through the trees, Hiei stopped himself and his eyes widened. He was checking out a ningen!

 

He didn't realize that his aura slipped out, but Kagome noticed that he was there and turned to where she sensed it. "Hello Hiei."

 

Since he was caught, he dropped down from the tree beside her. "Hn." Looking at her, he noticed her bow, then the arrows. "Can you use those?"

 

Smiling when she noticed him looking at her bow, she nodded. "Hai. I've been trying to learn how to use a sword, but all attempts fail as I can't train myself to well." She giggled as she started heading for the village. "I got a few new things from home, including some daggers, I'm hoping they help when I have to fight. I've also managed to put a spell on my arrows so they'll appear in the quiver after they've been used."

 

"Hn." Was his only reply as they continued into the village. Hoping that he didn't notice, Kagome kept glancing at him. Since her attention wasn't on where she was going, she ended up tripping. Reflex had her throwing her hands out to break the fall, but she never landed. Instead, warm arms were wrapped around her and a deep voice sounded from close to her ear. "Clumsy ningen."

 

A bright blush stained her cheeks as Hiei released her from his embrace. Averting her eyes from his, she spoke nervously. "Uh, thank-you Hiei." Mumbling about looking stupid and weak to herself, she refrained from looking at him again as they continued to the village. Her blush, however, refused to go away.

 

"Momma!" Came a shout as she opened her arms and caught the boy. This time she had braced herself for the impact and had managed to stay on her feet. "Did you bring me anything?"

 

Giggling at his antics, she carried him toward Kaede's with Hiei following close behind her. "Actually, I did." Once they were all sitting ((ok, Hiei's actually leaning against a wall)), Kagome pulled her bag in front of her and started searching through it. Pulling out a few things, she handed them to her son. "I got some toys for you."

 

His eyes positively gleamed as he saw all the things that she handed to him. "Thank you mommy!" He said cheerfully. Then he looked at a plastic bottle. "What's this?"

 

"Bubbles." She said as she picked it up and opened it. Holding the little stick in front of her mouth, she blew and bubbles floated all around the room. Both demons looked slightly amazed at what she did.

 

"Can I?" Shippo asked happily. Kagome nodded and handed the bottle to him. He blew and bubbles danced through the air as he laughed. "This is neat!"

 

"I'm glad you like it." Kagome said as the boy kissed her on the cheek. The nine year old boy then ran outside to play. Her eyes seemed almost glazed over as she watched him leave. "I can't wait to have one of my own... if I ever do." Sighing to herself, she packed the other things back into her bag. Hiei barely spoke the rest of the night, but Kagome had managed to get him to stay at in the hut with her and Shippo. She changed quickly into her yukata and curled up with Shippo.

 

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