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Love's Choices

Chapter XIV

Secret's Out

 

Summary: You love more than one person, but who do you choose? Kagome has always loved Inuyasha, but on a visit to her old friend she meets Hiei. Falling for him over the duration of the stay, but who does she choose, her new love Hiei or her first love Inuyasha? And Inuyasha has his own choice to make. The dead Kikyo or the living Kagome? Everyone seems to have their own choices to make! But when they make their choices, will it be too late?

 

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

 

Let's talk telepathy

//Hiei//

\\Kurama\\

--Yusuke--

((Someone else))

 

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Light shone in through the windows, but just barely. Shippo and Rin were just outside in the yard, playing, as they had awoken early. The boy tensed when he felt the approach of strong youki, but instantly calmed upon recognizing it. Kurama approached with Kuwabara and Hiei at his sides. They stopped when they reached the kit, and Kurama was the one to speak. "Do you know where Yusuke is?"

 

"Asleep." At the somewhat questioning glance from Kuwabara, he extended his answer a little. "Up late."

 

The three nodded and headed for the man's room. Kuwabara, being his usual tactful self, simply slammed the door open. A shriek was heard as Kagome shot out of the bed and fell to the floor, Yusuke simply yawned and looked at his stunned friends. "Don't you guys know how to knock?"

 

Kuwabara was now sputtering and turning red. "Urameshi! What about Botan!? You can't just..."

 

He was cut off upon hearing a very feminine growl. "Shut the fuck up!" All eyes turned to the girl who was wrapped up in sheets. Another growl issued before the covers went everywhere and she glared murderously at the 'baka'. "Come in here like that again... and I will feed you to the nearest lower class youkai!" Her hands quickly went up and started massaging her temples.

 

Yusuke noticed this and pulled her back into the bed. "Go back to sleep while I deal with them." He kissed her forehead as he stood. "And don't worry about things, k?" Nodding slightly, she curled back up on the bed and laid down. Her head resting on his pillow even as she pulled her own into her arms. Her body shook slightly as she hid her face in the pillow. Yusuke grabbed a shirt and pants as he pushed his friends from his room. Some more easily than others. Kuwabara wouldn't quit pestering him about having Kagome in his room. "Would you shut up Kuwabara?"

 

"But you're with Botan, you shouldn't..."

 

He was effectively shut up when Yusuke covered his mouth. "She had a fucking nightmare and crawled into bed with me. So just shut up about it, she was freaking out."

 

"Right." Kurama started, deciding to change the topic. "We have a mission to go on. Another demon has crossed over, S-Class this time."

 

"Then let's get to it."

 

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"Momma?" The voice of a young girl whispered as she was gently shaken.

 

Blurry blue eyes slowly opened and focused on the young girl with a slight smile. "Hello Rin. Do you know what time it is?"

 

"Around five momma."

 

Kagome nodded and slowly rose. "Is Yusuke back yet?"

 

"No momma. Shippo's worried about him though, cause he heard them talking. Something about an S-Class demon escaping into N-ningenkai."

 

"Really?" Kagome asked, thinking on it. "Perhaps we'll go see if we can find them then. They probably haven't even found the demon yet."

 

"When do we leave?" Rin asked excitedly.

 

"After I get dressed." Kagome replied with a giggle. "Let Shippo know."

 

The girl nodded and immediately took off. When she was out of sight, Kagome sighed. Her nightmares were worse than last night. She was living through parts of her father's life. Shaking her head of these thoughts, she moved to get dressed. Though she ended up grabbing her head in pain as another memory moved into her mind. This one of her grandfather doing something terrible. Shaking her head of this memory, she quickly pulled something on and went downstairs.

 

Shippo was already waiting in the car, and she giggled as she and Rin went out to meet him. Starting the engine of her corvette, she drove off to a place she assumed them to be. Her instincts were telling her that they were there. They came upon the edge of town where a forest lay. Deep inside she felt the pull of several demonic auras. Several were S-Class, but her eyes widened as she also felt taiyoukai status demons. She hurriedly moved from the car and to the trunk. Once there, she pulled out her bow and quiver of arrows. She also grabbed her sword and tied it to her waist.

 

Rin and Shippo also grabbed weapons. The kit had his fox magic and would hide with Rin in the bushes, but a sword still might come in handy... even if he wasn't too sure on the use of it. Rin had a short bow and a quiver of arrows as well. Kagome had thought it a good idea to train her to use something. I mean, they were in the warring states era. And so the small group raced to where the demons were. Upon reaching the sight, they found the guys. Yusuke's clothes were torn and injuries littered his body, Kurama and Hiei were in just as bad of shape while Kuwabara was worse off. "These things just won't fucking die!"

 

Her eyes snapped to the detective who'd just spoken, and dread filled them. A low-class demon was sneaking up behind him. "URAMESHI! Behind you!" Kuwabara called out, but too late.

 

The demon struck, but it's claws never touched flesh as a silver arrow pierced it, turning it to ash. With that, Kagome stepped from the tree line and into the clearing. "Why don't you just go back to demon world?"

 

One of the taiyoukai status demons laughed at her. "If the Reikai's lap dogs can't make us return, what makes you think you can?"

 

Closing her eyes, she gave a short prayer before drawing an arrow and notching it. "Leave, or be purified."

 

"No miko can purify me!" The demon boasted. "I am a taiyoukai."

 

"You may have the status, but you don't have the intelligence." The young woman called out, earning a glare from the demon.

 

"Kagome, get out of here!" Yusuke called over to her. But he was too tired to actually do much. They had been fighting for a long time.

 

"Kill her." The demon laughed maliciously.

 

"Wrong answer." She moved like lightning, dodging the youkai and moving to the one that claimed he couldn't be killed by a miko. Drawing her sword, she aimed carefully and turned him to ash with a single touch. Turning towards the now gaping youkai, she smiled sweetly. "Anyone else think I can't purify them?"

 

"Kill the miko before she kills us!" One of the demons towards the rear roared.

 

"Again, wrong answer." Stabbing her sword into the ground, she fired an arrow at the demon who called out. Lesser youkai were starting to swarm all around them and they all lost sight of each other. Kuwabara came under attack by many, and he was taken down quickly. Before any of his teammates could move to his aid, dark blue flames shot out and surrounded him.

 

"Foxfire!" A kitsune said as he jumped into the battle. Pink arrows struck out from the bushes taking out a demon per arrow.

 

"Ouch!" Came a feminine cry, causing the other to tense. Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, and Shippo were surrounding Kuwabara as Rin remained hidden in the trees. "That hurt!" A huge blast of silver decimated many of the demons, turning hundreds into ash. They could clearly see Kagome and the blood that flowed from the new wound on her shoulder. A dagger stuck out of it. One hand reached up and plucked the bloodied blade out.

 

"Worthless wench, do you really expect to beat us?" A demon cackled as it looked at her.

 

That did it. Her aura tensed before starting to pulse wildly around her. Raven locks obstructed her vision as they blew into her face. Eyes trained on the ground, she began speaking slowly."My name... is... Kagome." When her head snapped back up, her eyes gleamed silver before returning to sapphire blue. And her aura lashed out in the second her eyes flashed silver. The demons in the vicinity all turned to ash, surprising the boys even as she fell to her knees in pain. Another memory seared through her mind as she dropped down. "Yusuke..."

 

The whimper had the detective moving quickly to her side. "Are you ok?" He asked with concerned eyes.

 

"I-it hurts." She whimpered out as her hands reached up to massage her temples.

 

He chuckled at that. "You've got a hole in your shoulder and you're more worried about your head hurting?"

 

She smiled slightly. "My head hurts worse."

 

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About an hour later and Yusuke had taken Kagome's keys and driven everyone to his house. Once there, he immediately called on Botan. When she popped up, Kurama led her to Kuwabara first. While she tended to him, Kagome awoke. "You feelin' ok?"

 

"Yeah... just a little sore." Her eyes suddenly shut as she winced.

 

"What's wrong?" Yusuke asked quickly.

 

"It just got really bright in here." She moaned as she kept her eyes closed. The detective stood hurriedly and turned all the lights off, making it perfectly dark. Then he told her that she could open her eyes. "Thanks." She mumbled as she tried to sit up.

 

"Oh no you don't. You need to stay laying down." He said as he gently pushed her back.

 

"But I don't want to stay here." She whined before grabbing her head and moaning. "Ouch."

 

"Lay back down and get some rest."

 

"I don't want to stay here Yusuke. Not alone at least." She whispered as her head gave a painful throb.

 

"Alright, you can come down to the living room then." Yusuke said as he helped her stand. She was practically leaning on him as they made their way downstairs. When they made it to the couch, a now healed Kuwabara was laying on it. "Get up baka."

 

"I am not..." He was abruptly cut off when Yusuke simply pushed him off the couch.

 

The detective then helped Kagome lay down. "This better?"

 

"A little..." She said lightly as she kept her eyes closed.

 

"Yusuke! Why is she down here, she needs to..."

 

"Quiet Botan." Yusuke said as the demons all heard her moan in pain. "She has a headache. And she didn't want to be alone."

 

"Well she needs sleep, that's best found in a bed." Botan whispered back angrily.

 

"If she doesn't want left up there alone, then I ain't leaving her there." The man said with a slight glare at his girlfriend. Another moan had him turning to the girl on the couch. "You sure you're ok?"

 

"Would you really be ok if your powers just exploded out of control out of you? After getting almost no sleep and waking up with a headache because of nightmares?"

 

He chuckled. "Guess not. Still having that same nightmare?"

 

She shook her head. "They're all different. Things that..." Looking around, she stopped talking and returned to simply laying there.

 

"Things that what?" Kuwabara asked.

 

She gave a barely visible shake of her head at his question, easily telling them that she didn't want to talk about it. Yusuke sighed and lifted her up slightly so that he could slide onto the couch and rest her head on his lap. His fingers gently began running through her soft hair as he sighed. “You can talk about it in front of my friends Kag.”

 

Botan looked at the girl in jealousy as Hiei glared at the man. Kurama and Kuwabara were simply shocked at the display. “Don't wanna.” She mumbled as she nuzzled into him slightly.

 

“They are trustworthy ya know.”

 

“You're not going to drop this are you?” When silence met her question, she sighed in defeat. “They seem to be memories.”

 

“Memories of what?” Yusuke asked curiously as he continued to comb through her hair with his fingers.

 

“Things my father and grandfather did.” She mumbled lowly.

 

Something suddenly occurred to Yusuke and he looked down at the girl in his lap. “Who is your grandfather?”

 

“Why's that matter Urameshi?” Kuwabara asked in an annoying tone.

 

“She said her grandmother was Genkai.” He said simply before returning his attention to the girl.

 

Kagome shivered slightly and kept her eyes closed tightly. “Oto Toguro.”

 

“WHAT?!” Kuwabara exclaimed, startled.

 

His action had Kagome both wincing and whimpering as her hands rose to cover her ears from his now tirade about the evil man. “Shut up.” Those simple words had everyone freezing and looking to Yusuke who was glaring at the `baka'. It was a very scary glare. “I had already assumed as much, though I hadn't really thought on it.”

 

“This is a major thing though Urameshi. She could've been part of his gang or…” Bam! The human was currently wide eyed on the floor with Yusuke standing up and glaring at him.

 

“Say anything like that again.” The man said as he clenched his fist. “I dare you.” His voice held a veiled threat that even Kuwabara understood.

 

“Yusuke, please calm down.” The girl said as she grabbed hold of him. Said man acquiesced to her desire and relaxed back onto the couch while pulling her into his lap.

 

“What about your father?” The man asked now that he was calmed down. The girl started to shake slightly as she tried pushing her memories of the man away and Yusuke's hold on her tightened. “It'll be ok, you can tell us.”

 

“I told you he wasn't a nice man, that he was cruel and ill.” Yusuke nodded. “He was also a priest of sorts according to my grandfather.”

 

“Kagome.” Yusuke said calmly, though it had the desired effect.

 

“Sensui.” She said meekly. “Shinobu Sensui.”

 

That had everyone's eyes widening even as Yusuke's hold still managed to tighten. Kuwabara was flipping out once more though. “You're related to that freak as well!? Are you related to any of the other people we had to kill?”

 

Yusuke tensed as those words came out of his friend's mouth and glared at the man as Kagome lifted her face to look at him. “Wait, you killed father?”

 

He chuckled slightly. “He killed me first.” He tried to defend, which earned him a curious look. So he sighed. “You owe me your story for this.”

 

But she shook her head. “Tell me your whole story and I'll tell you mine.” Looking around, she shrunk away from the others. “Alone.”

 

“I would like to hear your story.” Kurama stated calmly while looking at her with golden tinted emerald eyes.

 

Looking at him, then at Hiei's semi-glare, she sighed slightly and whispered something to Yusuke that neither of the other two demons managed to hear, but the detective nodded. “She won't tell us now, because she's tired, so she'll talk later.” He internally smirked to himself now. --Can you hear me Hiei?--

 

//Hn?//

 

--Let Kurama know to come back in half an hour. You come too.--

 

//Why?//

 

--Kagome doesn't trust Kuwabara or Botan to know her story, but she trusts you enough to allow you to listen.--

 

//Fine.// He disconnected that link and opened another. //Fox?//

 

\\What is it Hiei?\\

 

//The detective says to return in half an hour to hear the girl's story, because she doesn't want Botan or the baka knowing yet.//

 

“So I'll see you all later tonight.” Yusuke finished saying as the two came out of their mental conversation. They all got up and left after that and Yusuke carried the girl up to his room and propped her up on the soft pillows while making sure to keep the room completely dark.

 

Half an hour later found the two demons entering the room followed by Rin and Shippo. The little girl quickly curled up against her as Shippo sprawled out on the foot of the bed. Kurama was the first to speak. “So you'll tell us your story?”

 

“After you tell me yours.” She said as she looked at him and Yusuke.

 

“It all started when I died at fourteen trying to save this kid from getting hit by a car…” He went into detail on his time as a ghost, about his resurrection, becoming a spirit detective, then his cases, including retrieving the dark artifacts from Hiei, Kurama, and Gouki and maze castle and the Saint Beasts. Then he went on to tell her about Toguro and the dark tournament, how they won and he killed the man (her grandfather). Then he told her of Sensui's plan and how he was killed for a second time only to have his hidden demonic blood revive him. At that part she had began giggling madly and wouldn't stop even when he glared at her. She waved it off and said it was part of her story. He then told her of being taken to his ancestral father, battling him, then the tournament for demon world. “And though there is a king, the rulers still hold their own lands.”

 

She turned to Kurama then and he obliged her with his own tale. “I was a spirit fox named Youko Kurama and I was a bandit. My tale starts when a Reikai hunter killed me for the reward…” He went on to tell her how he'd come to reside within Shiori Minamino, then how he'd joined Hiei to get the Forlorn Hope, and then how he'd joined Yusuke and went on missions with him. “And now it's your turn.”

 

“You remember when we were little, don't you Yusuke?” At his nod, she continued. “We'd always play on Goshinboku or near the Bone-Eaters Well. One day I went into the house to get my cat, it was actually my fifteenth birthday, and a centipede demon broke through the seals and dragged me down into the well. I found myself in fuedal Japan and made my way to Goshinboku, whose branches I could see over the rest of the forest. Once there I found an inu-hanyou pinned to the tree…” And she told her story of what had happened, leaving out the fact that she was in love with Inuyasha and merely stating they were best friends. “Not long ago we formed an alliance with the western demon lord, he took me into his palace as the western miko and had Inuyasha accept his duties as prince of the lands. It was through the western lord that I actually met your ancestor, Yusuke.”

 

“What?” The human turned demon asked with widened eyes.

 

The girl giggled slightly at him and shook her head slightly. “I met him shortly before the first meeting, and he kind of reminded me of Miroku. He's the Mazoku that I had spent some time with. We grew close over the stay at the palace. I also made friends with the eastern `lord' and the southern heir of the time.”

 

“You've been through a lot.” Yusuke replied as he looked her over.

 

She nodded at that with a tired sigh. “I've seen and done many things that most would think unbelievable, and I returned here for a bit of normalcy which the fates have seemed to decide that I don't need.”

 

“You wanted normalcy while you have two kids?”

 

“They're not that difficult to take care of.” The miko argued.

 

“And I can take of myself.” Shippo imputed.

 

“You do realize that she's the one that Koenma wishes us to capture and bring to him.” Kurama suddenly stated.

 

“Why would the prince of spirit world want to see me?”

 

“Demons appeared claiming to sense the jewel.” Kurama said calmly as he looked at her. “Where is it anyways? I've not seen you with it.”

 

Her eyes widened as they began to fill with dread and she shook her head negatively. “No… no no no no! The jewel was destroyed.” Wild eyes looked into Yusuke's amber, begging him to believe her. “It was destroyed with my wish! I made a pure wish!”

 

“What was your wish?” Yusuke asked as she had left that part out. She'd stopped at the defeat of Naraku.

 

“I wished for Kikyo to live once more because her life had been prematurely taken due to the jewel. The wish should've taken my life in order to revive her as I was her reincarnation. The jewel should be gone for good. I haven't seen it sense the wish.”

 

“What could have happened to it then?” Yusuke asked calmly as he looked at her.

 

“Momma?”

 

“Yes Shippo?” The girl asked as she smiled down at him.

 

“Rin told me something that could be the answer you're looking for.” When Kagome gave a nod, he continued. “She said that she saw the jewel glow pink before turning into pink sparkles and flying into your body with Midoriko's soul.”

 

“Who's soul?” Yusuke asked as he looked at the woman.

 

“Kikyo got most of our soul due to my wish, and Midoriko gave me her soul from the tama so that I could continue living.” Kagome explained patiently before going into thought for a moment. That's when it hit her, and she gasped. “The tama was formed from her soul and it is said that the jewel was thought to be unable to be destroyed, so perhaps by giving me her soul she made the shikon my soul.”

 

“That does make sense. I think you should speak to Sesshou-sama and Kikyo-san about it.” The kitsune said as he fell back onto the bed, he had been propping himself up using his arms.

 

“Yes, I could even ask Miroku-kun.” The girl mused to herself.

 

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