Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Maboroshi Kage ❯ Chapter Three ( Chapter 3 )

Maboroshi Kage

Chapter III

 

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yuyu Hakusho or Inuyasha. If I did, I'd have Hiei playing twister with me right now! **winks**

 

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After giving orders to one of the crewman on where to head, Youko led Kagome down to where Kuronue was being looked at. Hiei was also there and shaking his head. "You're an idiot bat."

 

"Hiei, don't pester him." He then turned to the older woman. "How is he Genkai?"

 

She sighed and motioned the him and Hiei over to her. "It hit an artery, there's nothing I can do for him."

 

Youko turned white at her words, and Hiei allowed a little sadness flicker through his eyes. Kagome on the other hand, walked over to the bat demon to check his injury. His hand stopped her. "There's nothing that can be done. I heard what Genkai said."

 

Kagome smiled reassuringly at him. "Genkai is a psychic, I am not." Closing her eyes, she concentrated hard. Pulling her power from behind the barriers that were inside of her. Purple flames encased her hands as her body started to glow slightly. The two demons and psychic turned to her instantly upon feeling her powers growing. Wide eyes stared as Kuronue's wound healed instantly, the bullet rising slowly from the wound as it closed. The purple flames that danced across Kuronue's skin receded until Kagome quit glowing. Her eyes opened to reveal midnight blue with a pink glow. "See." Was all she managed to say before she collapsed.

 

"How did she do that?" Youko asked as he looked at Genkai.

 

"I'm not certain, but I'd keep a very close eye on her if I were you."

 

"Good idea, since she's Hiei's, he can can keep an eye on her."

 

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Kagome winced as consciousness returned to her. Pain was the main thing that she could feel, and she wanted to go back into blissful oblivion. Slowly reaching her hand up without opening her eyes, she rubbed her head. "No wonder grandma said not to do that."

 

"What are you?" A cold voice asked from somewhere in the room.

 

Jumping up and opening her eyes, she groaned and shut them tightly. "Ouch." That had hurt. "I'm human."

 

"How'd you heal like that?"

 

"Not sure, my grandmother said I was a healer and taught me how." Slowly she opened her eyes again, and winced as she looked around. "Is Kuronue ok?"

 

"He's perfectly fine. I don't get why a captive would save a captor though."

 

"He was nice to me. Besides, even if he died, I'd still be a captive. There's no point in uselessly wasting life."

 

"You are a strange onna."

 

"To be strange is to be different, and to be different is to be special." She said as she allowed her eyes to close again. "I'm in your bed, aren't I?"

 

"Hai." Struggling to get up, she kept her eyes closed. At least she did until strong sword calloused hands pushed her back onto the bed. "Stay down, you can barely move anyways."

 

"O-ok." She mumbled as she allowed her eyes to once again close. Exhaustion took over, because she had used a lot of energy. Simply pulling the energy needed passed the barrier was taxing enough. After she fell asleep, Hiei slipped into the bed with her. It was his bed after all.

 

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A Week Later

 

Kagome had been on board for about a week now... more like eight days. Most of the crew stayed away from her, which she was thankful for. Apparently she was branded as Hiei's property, therefore no one else was allowed to touch her. Unless of course you counted Genkai, Kuronue, and Youko. She and Kuronue were actually friends though, which amazed her. Her father had always spoken of how evil, mean, and cruel pirates were. She guessed that her father probably didn't know much about them.

 

Speaking of her father, she wondered how he and her brother were doing. She really missed them. Thinking about it, she almost laughed. If the pirates learned her last name, they'd probably ransom her. The Higurashis were in the top five richest families in Japan, the richest was the Taishio family. Her family were friends with them. She actually called the king her uncle, and the princes were her brothers. At that thought, she remembered that they were somewhat related. Izayoi, Inuyasha's mother, was her aunt. And she married Inutaishou.

 

She truly hadn't been lying about the fact that she had met Inuyasha in town while he was wearing peasant clothing. Her family had lived far away from the capital, and when they visited there he was out walking around and she just had to rub his ears. When she had met Sesshou, she stroked his tail. She even pet Inutaishou's tail. He merely laughed and let her. Izayoi had taken her aside and told her that it was fun to snuggle into the warm tail, and they both began giggling. Her mother simply smiled at them during that time.

 

In truth, she barely knew her mother. The most time they had spent together was when Souta was born. When she had started getting bigger, she had quit traveling and remained home. Then she had stayed there until he was weaned. It was then her, Kagome's, duty to raise and take care of him. That's why they were so close. She had practically raised him while both parents were away. Her father was a slayer, while their mother was a priestess. Though their father also did other things, their mother traveled around killing evil demons. Needless to say, she wasn't well liked. So while she told Hiei she didn't know what she was since her grandmother never told her, she had a good guess.

 

Her mother's name was Midoriko, and she had been killed recently. Kagome should know, considering she was there. They were visiting her mother's home village when they were attacked near the limestone caves. Kagome remembered as the demon bit into her mother, she had run out of hiding screaming at it to let her go. Her mother had chanted something as she distracted the beast, and a shining light filled the cave as they both turned to stone. Her mother's voice had sounded during the bright light. "I would've died from my wounds anyways, at least this way I can protect you."

 

It had really upset her when she saw the statue. Her mother would be forever trapped in the beast's mouth. She herself had a slight wound from when it had attacked earlier, so she quickly ran to the village and had collapsed at the hut of the village's young miko. That woman had recognized her and treated her wounds. When she was well enough to make the journey, she had then accompanied her to the capital. Before her father had decided to move, it seemed that Inuyasha was quite taken with the miko whose name was Kikyo. What Kagome would miss most about the capital, would probably be her little cousin Kaguya. The girl was about two years old now, and was Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's little sister.

 

Snapping from her thoughts as she heard the door open, she looked up to see Kuronue entering the room. "Hello."

 

"Hey Kagome." He said as he sat down beside her. "How're you doin'?"

 

"Pretty good I guess." She replied with a sigh. "My thoughts keep running away from me though."

 

"What thoughts?"

 

"Ones of my family, and how I miss them. My mom was killed two weeks before we left the main island. I still have a scar from the demon that attacked us, and I miss my brother. I'm not used to being away from him."

 

"A demon attacked you? Why aren't you used to being away from him?"

 

"Well, I practically raised him. Mom and dad were away a lot, and mom took off for a mission just after Souta was weaned. I was left to look after him. And yes, I was attacked by a demon." Her hand reached down to rub her side. It was still sore. In fact, it wasn't fully healed.

 

Kuronue noticed her hand go down to rub her side, and pointed to where she was massaging. "That where it got you?"

 

"Huh?" She looked down and frowned at her hand, before sighing deeply. "Yeah." Moving away, she turned away from him and picked up a shirt that was Hiei's. "Turn around so I can put this on and I'll show you the wound."

 

He turned around and something struck him. Wound, meaning it's not healed? He heard the fabric moving and had to force himself to stay facing away from her. He turned when she said he could, and she lifted the shirt to show him a large mark. It's size made his eyes widen. "What the hell happened?"

 

"It bit into me." She stated as if it was simple.

 

"That bite is deep, how'd you survive?"

 

"I was to worried about momma to care. The demon was on the verge of swallowing her when she killed it." Tears began clouding her vision. "The image is set in stone, she couldn't protect me so she turned the demon to stone so it couldn't kill me. When I made it home, dad decided we needed to leave."

 

"Where were you heading?"

 

"To stay with family on Kamikaze Isle. Dad thought it'd be best anyways since my aunt has two daughters around my age. At home home I had my brothers...."

 

"I thought you only had the younger boy as a brother."

 

Kagome smiled up at him. "I had two cousins who were like brothers to me. There was also my little cousin, she's two."

 

"You know, you look better in that shirt than you do the dress."

 

"I hate dresses." She said as she glared at the fabric around her. That action caused Kuronue to laugh. "What?"

 

"Why don't you wear somethin else then?"

 

"Find me some pants and I will." She said as she looked down at the bottom part of her evil dress.

 

"Wait here and I'll get ya some." He said as he left, chuckling the entire time. Sighing, she pulled the bottom of the dress off. The shirt was long enough that it'd cover up most everything. It fell nearly to her knees. Well, more like to her mid thigh. She'd dressed in worse though. Kuronue returned a few minutes later with a pair of pants. "Here." He tossed them at her.

 

"Thanks." She pulled them on, then looked up at the bat demon. Putting on an innocent face she asked him "now I can burn the dress, right?"

 

With a laugh, he shook his head. "Why don't ya come on deck?"

 

"Sure." Running her fingers through her hair, she rid it of tangles and tried straightening it. Kuronue tried not to laugh at her futile efforts. With a sigh, she gave up. "I guess it's a lost cause."

 

"Most definitely." He said as he laughed at her. With a glare, she threw her dress at him. "What's this made of, silk?"

 

"Hai, it's an import from China I think." Kagome said with a shrug. "I still wanna burn it though."

 

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