Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Kawaridane ❯ Unknown Connection ( Chapter 3 )

AN: Here we go chapter three. I will try to get chapter four up right away as well since it's already half written. I do not own IY or YYH.

 

 

Hiei was crossing the room to where she was sitting. Everyone was there and they were watching intently. `Oh no, he knows! How can he know?' she glanced nervously around the crowded room, `Stupid demon heightened senses!'

“Onna,” Ayako snapped her head around to face Hiei automatically, “why do I catch you staring at me with that hunger in your eyes, and that scent upon you?”

Ayako looked puzzled for Hiei's face was warping into one she'd never seen before. It slowly grew ghastly pale and long black hair poured down his shoulders. Suddenly his eyes flashed open to reveal bright yellow orbs with long black slits for pupils, his mouth opened and huge, hinged fangs dropped down.

“Do you want me to eat you? Little Kawaridane?!?” His face turned into a grimace with those horrible fangs hanging out, and he began to laugh loudly, and all her friends who were still in the room joined in.

 

Ayako sat up quickly, and glanced around her dimly lit surroundings. She was panting hard, and sweating. `Oh god, it was just a dream…' She flopped back down on her futon, and stared at the ceiling for a moment.

`Did I just see…' she looked over to her left to see a very peaceful looking fire demon. `Yep I just saw. Hiei stayed here with me all night.' She sat up quickly. `HIEI stayed here with ME all NIGHT?!?'

Trying to calm her suddenly pounding heart she watched him sleep, with his back against the wall. She had never seen him look so… `content? No.' Then it came to her. He wasn't scowling. Or glaring or anything like that.

He looked good. Way too good. `Do not go there Ayako. He'd probably break your arm if you tried to wake him right now and then you'd be in even rougher shape.'

Ayako decided she could not get back to sleep, even though the lighting told her it was barely 5:00am. She quietly threw on her fuzzy bathrobe and her `Kawaii!!' bunny slippers, and slipped out of the room, leaving behind her confusing thoughts about the grumpy apparition that had watched over her all night.

Ayako glances to her left where she saw Kagome, also up and walking towards her. Ayako grins at the confused look on Kagome's face and puts a finger to her lips to let her know to be quiet. Demons have very sensitive hearing, and there were quite a few in the house.

Kagome followed her through the main room, where she'd been introduced, to a small table in the corner.

“It should be alright to talk now, as long as we keep it quiet.” Ayako said and smiled at the other miko. “Would you like some tea? I am going to make some.”

“Yes, tea would be wonderful right now.” Kagome replied softly.

Ayako walked over to the little kitchen in the next room and filled the kettle with water and set it on the stove. Kagome was looking at a picture on the wall when she got back.

“Is this you?” Kagome asked, and Ayako walked over to glance at the picture.

Ayako laughed, “Yeah. And that's Botan, Keiko, Yukina, Shizuru, and Genkai in the front with me. All the boys are in the back… even Hiei, though he's up there in the tree.”

Kagome smiled. “You all look so young.”

“We were about 15, well us humans at least. I think Kurama is closer to 300, I have no idea about Botan and I think Hiei and Yukina are about 200.” Ayako smiled, and then quickly stopped. `Did I just tell her about Hiei and Yukina already? Geez I need to watch my big mouth or Hiei will cut it off for me!'

“Hiei and Yukina? You talk as if they are siblings.” Kagome said innocently.

Ayako made a face and sighed. “They are. But you cannot say anything! Yukina doesn't know and Hiei doesn't want her to find out. Don't ask me why either, because I don't know.” Kagome looked down the hall to where she hoped Hiei was still sleeping. “If he finds out I told you he'd be… angry” She said quietly.

Kagome got the impression that was putting it lightly. So she smiled and made the “zip the lip” motion with her hand.

Ayako giggled softly, and right at that moment she heard the kettle start to boil.

“Make yourself comfortable Kagome, I'll be right back.” Ayako hurried off to the kitchen.

She came back carrying a kettle and two tea cups in one hand, and a stack of toast, a butter knife and a jar of strawberry jam in the other. She made it to the table without dropping anything and looked up to see Kagome with an astonished look on her face.

Ayako smiled, “I was a waitress in high school for extra cash. Genkai doesn't believe in allowances.”

Kagome giggled and took the kettle from Ayako and poured out two cups of tea.

“So…” Kagome began, “what the hell happened to us?”

Ayako grinned, “You know I was just about to ask the same question. In the same way too!”

Kagome began, “I've been having these strange dreams lately, and when we shook hands I saw the same face I'd been seeing in my dreams!”

Ayako felt a shiver run down her spine. “This woman wouldn't happen to look middle aged and wearing a red and white traditional miko's garb would she?”

Kagome's eyes looked like they were about to fall out of her head.

“I woke up briefly last night, after our, explosive encounter, and I heard a woman saying…” Ayako began.

“… `I have to do something about this energy, Shikari… scrolls…please!'” Kagome finished.

They both sat quietly staring at each other.

“Well that's weird!”

Both girls whirled to see who spoke.

“Master Genkai! How long have you been standing there?” Ayako asked.

“Long enough to hear your freaky little story.” Genkai sighed and joined them at the table, an empty tea cup in hand, she quietly poured herself some.

After she took a sip she looked at the two girls and said, “If I were to ask you two, what this woman's name was, even though it was never said aloud, what would you tell me.”

They both pondered that for a moment and spoke at the same time.

“Rui.”

They looked at each other again, this time, expecting it.

“Master Genkai do you have any idea what happened when we shook hands yesterday?” Kagome asked.

“I can touch Ayako's hand now and nothing happens.” She demonstrated.

“Hmm, I don't know for sure Kagome but I could tell you my hunch.” Genkai looked at the two of them listening intently.

“Alright, I believe there is something between you two. I know you have never met before yesterday and yet you carry striking similarities.” Ayako and Kagome looked at one another.

“For one, you are both miko, and not a fake lowly powered miko that we usually find in shrines today but real ancient super power miko with the ability to materialize your holy energy. Next you are the same age and according to Koenma have similar pasts, both being adopted at a very young age. Your teenage years differ slightly but there are still huge similarities like, befriending demons, and in Kagome's case falling in love with one. Which is not something normal teenagers do.”

Kagome blushed slightly. “Another point is simply in your appearance! Although you, Kagome are a head taller than my Ayako, you have the same face, eyes, though not eye colour, and build.” Ayako examined Kagome carefully as Kagome did the same, coming to the same conclusion Genkai had.

`Creepy' Ayako thought. Genkai continued.

“Now along with all those similarities you both are beginning to recall things that are identical,” Genkai sighed. “I believe you two must be related. Somehow. Cousins, sisters. I'm not sure but the explosive greeting tells a big part of the story.”

Now Ayako was confused. Seeing the look on her face Genkai explained.

“People, who are closely related, emit a similar type of aura, energy, whatever you would like to call it. When siblings or close cousins are separated for a length of time the energy begins to build up, longing to be connected with its counterpart. I believe since the two of you were separated, most likely at birth, it seems that when you met for the first time that energy, was released all at once. Think of it as Yusuke dragging his feet across the carpet and touching you to shock you with static.”

Ayako nodded, knowing exactly what Genkai was talking about.

“Now imagine if Yusuke was doing that for twenty years before he shocked you.”

Light seemed to dawn on the two of them that moment.

“So Ayako and I shaking hands finally brought our energies into contact again after so long.” Kagome said.

“And the result was a very big shock.” Ayako finished.

The girls fell silent as they swallowed that load of information.

“Now I could be completely off-base but that is my hunch. Anyway I'll have Botan run off to spirit world to look up information on this `Rui' and maybe we'll have something more definite soon.” Genkai took a big gulp of tea.

Both Kagome and Ayako nodded, and silently drank their tea and nibbled on their toast, suddenly with a lot less appetite.

“Anyway, you two missed out on the whole purpose of Inuyasha and Kagome coming here in the first place. I told the others last night and I will tell you now.” Genkai began.

Kagome and Ayako listened intently to the story about the Karyuudo and how they were causing trouble in human world. Ayako visibly stiffened at the word “Kawaridane” and she didn't know why… `Where have I heard that word before…'

“Do you want me to eat you? Little Kawaridane?!?”

`That dream!'

“Ayako? Do you have something to add?” Genkai asked, looking a bit annoyed that her adopted daughter seemed not to be listening.

“Hmm? Oh, no. Just thinking about training.” Ayako managed to spit out.

“Ah yes, speaking of training, I will be having you two do the most of everyone. Ayako, I've already asked Kurama to train you in hand-to-hand combat and Hiei has agreed to teach you how to use a sword.” Genkai said so “matter- of -factly”, “And Kagome I know Inuyasha will teach you how to use a bow staff, and Yusuke agreed to teach you some hand-to hand skills as well.”

Kagome nodded, while Ayako looked disturbed. `Hiei is going to train me in swordsmanship? Oh boy.'

“Everyone will be training with Shizuru on how to increase your awareness, and I've left it up to her on how to train you in that area.” Genkai said slowly,

“Now to begin with today I want the two of you to train. Ayako, you have superior knowledge of magical healing, and Kagome you know more of herbs and how to make certain poisons, antidotes and salves. Teach one another. After you are done with that I want you to train physically. Mostly in stamina. I want you to run, and use your powers at the same time, you may only quit once you cannot go on any longer. I will assign someone to watch out for you during this time as you may pass out in the middle of the woods.”

Ayako nodded calmly, knowing Genkai's way, whereas Kagome looked a bit more shocked, but no less eager to begin.

“Ayako if you wouldn't mind finding Kagome a training suit, we'll begin once you've changed.” Genkai said. “I'll be waiting outside to show you your spot.”

Ayako stood up and stretched. “It's been awhile since I've trained. She's right we've all been slacking.”

“Is she always this intense?” Kagome asked.

Ayako laughed. “Yeah, but she is the best trainer in the world.”

Ayako led Kagome down the hall to her normal room, silently passing by the room she slept in the night before.

She rummaged through her closet to her training outfits. She had six all in black, with green elbows shoulders and knees. She found the one that was the biggest since Kagome was taller than her and handed it to her.

“You can change in here; I'll go to the bathroom.” Ayako began walking out of the room.

“Today is going to be a long day isn't it?” Kagome said, smiling.

“You have no idea.” Ayako said and left the room.