Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fighting Back ❯ The Betrayal ( Chapter 1 )

Tori the Hanyou: Ok, this is sort of a sequel to my Yu-Gi-Oh fic, because it has Tori and Yugi as a couple, and everyone else like that. It kinda goes with the same plot as the story Stronger Then Yesterday, by Jaguargirl, and it starts out almost exactly like it, except different. I have the collars, and the demon artifact searching. I'm doing this because I read Jaguargirl's story, and she never finished it, so I wanted to add on my own little twist, plus finish it. Have fun reading it! This is also my first crossover, and since it's a 3-way, I'm gonna have some fun! Also, I've never done a Yu Yu Hakusho fic, but after reading all the others, I'm sure I've got enough info to do it right!

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Yu Yu Hakusho, YuGiOh, or Inuyasha! And I'm NOT saying it again!

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Fighting Back

Chapter 1: The Betrayal

Kagome sat, watching, confused, as Kikyo backed Inuyasha up against a tree.

"Don't you love me, Inuyasha?" she asked. Inuyasha looked at her, worried.

"Well, I . . .I did, but . . ." he started. Kikyo stared him in the eyes.

"Don't you?" she asked. Kagome couldn't see from her position, but Inuyasha's pupils had closed up, and he muttered,

"Yes, I love you." Smiling, Kikyo wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Then would you be a dear and go get my soul back? That way I don't have to steal anyone else's to maintain this body," she said softly. Kagome felt like she was going to throw up. Inuyasha said he loved Kikyo! LOVED her! Tears sprang to her eyes as she listened to the rest.

"Yes, I will kill the girl who has your soul, and I'll bring it back," said Inuyasha dully. Kagome gasped quietly. Her eyes widened. Not only had he chosen Kikyo, but he now wanted to kill her, Kagome! Tears streaming down her face, she raced off for the village, not caring that she'd drawn attention to herself. She made it back, running into the hut for her things.

Shippo, Sango and Miroku snapped awake when she came in. Sango noticed her tears, and immediately became concerned.

"Kagome? What's wrong? Why are you crying?" she asked. Kagome choked back the fresh flow of tears as she saw the worried looks of her friends, the friends she probably wouldn't ever see again.

"Oh, Sango, it's . . .it's Inuyasha . . ." stuttered Kagome.

"What'd he do this time?" said Shippo, getting angry.

"I have to go," squeaked Kagome, grabbing her bag and running out the door. Her friends followed quickly. Just as they got outside, though, they heard screaming.

"Inuyasha's attacking the village!" cried Kaede as she hurried up to them.

"WHAT???" yelled Sango, Miroku and Shippo. Kagome cried, sobbing into her hands.

"He's . . .he's after me . . ." she sobbed, her shoulders shaking horribly. She ran from the village, heading for the well.

Inuyasha picked up her scent on the wind. Snarling, he shot after her.

Just before Kagome reached the trees, her friends on her heels, she heard his approach. She turned to see him coming. Sango gasped as he lunged at Kagome, claws extended.

"Die, Kagome!" he yelled, slicing through the air. Kagome dove to the ground, just missing his attack. Miroku jumped in front of him, grabbing him by the arm.

"Inuyasha! What is the meaning of this?" he asked.

"Yeah, you love Kagome, why are you trying to hurt her?" cried Shippo. Sango took her boomerang and whacked Inuyasha on the head with it. He fell to the ground, unconscious.

They looked around, but Kagome had vanished.

"Oh, no, she's gone home!" said Shippo sadly, slumping to the ground.

"Now I know she's not coming back," said Sango, "Not after something like this."

"We'll miss you, Kagome," said Miroku, looking along the pathway to the well.

Kagome ran through the forest, panting from exhaustion, unknowing that she had a stowaway. `Damn! Why'd I pack this bag so heavy? It doesn't matter, this is the last time I'll see the feudal era,' she thought, looking around her at all the trees, bushes, and everything. She stopped when she came into a familiar clearing. She looked up at the Sacred Tree. There was the hole where Kikyo's arrow had pierced Inuyasha, the very same arrow Kagome removed from him fifty years later. She now wished she never had.

She hurried to the well, stopping. She decided to leave her friends a goodbye note; Miroku could read. She tacked the note to the well's edge with a thorn and a rock, and jumped in, whispering goodbye to the land she'd come to love.

Miroku noticed the note as they walked up to the well, hoping Kagome had waited for them. Shippo took the note off, and handed it to Miroku to read.

Dear Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara,

I'm sorry I left in such a rush, but now you know why I can't stay here anymore. Inuyasha wants me dead, and I know you guys would never let him hurt me, but I can't risk your safety for my own. I will be at home permanently now, and if Inuyasha wants to try to come get me or my jewel shards, I have put a seal on the well to prevent him from getting out (yes, this seal works). I am sorry, but we will probably not see each other again. I might return one day, when I see fit, but please do not worry for me. My home is the safest place I know, now.

Love you always and miss you forever,

Kagome

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Tori galloped through the forest as fast as her horse would allow her. She had shoulder-length dark blonde hair with light-blonde highlights and brown eyes, and was fourteen years old. It was nighttime; she was astride her big palomino mare, Windwaker, and running away. Running away from the one who had caused her pain. She fought back tears as the painful memory replayed again.

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Tori, having just come back from a long three-day hike, sat in the bushes, watching with horror as she heard her friends' words.

"Yeah, who cares about that girl? I say if she's gone, leave her!" said Tristan, a tall fifteen-year-old boy with brown hair styled to make one point in the front and hazel eyes.

"All she ever did was cause trouble with those powers of hers!" stated Joey, a boy with messy blonde hair and brown eyes. He was fifteen, too. "Don't you agree, Yugi?"

Tori's eyes widened as she looked across the campsite at the fifteen-year-old boy with the spiked blonde hair with red tips and amethyst eyes. `Yugi, you don't really think that, do you?' she thought. The other two boys, Bakura and Duke, were sitting in the corner of the campsite, completely ignoring the current conversation. Bakura had shoulder-length white hair that he always wore down and chocolate-brown eyes, and Duke had black hair that was tied in a ponytail except for two bangs on either side of his face and sharp green eyes. He also wore a red band around his head.

"Yeah, I say, good riddance, Tori, don't come back!" said Yugi. Those words struck Tori's heart like a knife. She thought Yugi loved her, cared about her. Apparently, she was wrong.

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Sniffling and growling to herself for crying, she continued through the dark woods, heading for her home in the city, where the lights shone brightly up ahead. `Yeah, I knew it all along, I couldn't trust guys before, thanks to Riku, and I thought Yugi was the one who changed it for me. But I was right the whole time. Guys can't be trusted, they're pigs, slobs, dogs, morons, and, most importantly, jerks. I'm never going back to him; I'm going back to the way I was before. I'll be solo, this time, except for Kagome.' Kagome was one of her best friends. She'd help her out, if she was home from the feudal era. Tori knew all about it.

Suddenly, she heard hoof beats from behind. She turned to see her friends, Mai, Serenity and Tea riding up on their horses. She stopped to let them catch up. They pulled up beside her.

"Tori, we heard what the guys were saying. We don't know what's gotten into them! Please don't run away, we'll sort this out," pleaded Tea. Tori lowered her head.

"No, it's time I left, I'm going home, Tea. If you guys want, you can come, but if you'd rather stay with your boyfriends, I understand. I'm going back to the way I was, a guy-basher."

And with that, Tori turned Windwaker back to the trail ahead, and rode back to the city. To her great sadness, none of her friends followed. She was alone, again.

She met up with Kagome in the city as huge clouds came over the night sky, blocking out the moon. She saw that Kagome too had the pained face of one who'd just had her heart broken.

"What happened, Kagome?" asked Tori, trying to hide her own expression.

Kagome broke down crying, telling the whole story. Tori walked her back to the shrine, and she sat down next to her backpack, which still hadn't been unpacked. As she started to calm down, Tori heard something in Kagome's backpack. Frowning, she reached over and opened it. A small chirp came from inside the bag, and Kirara's fuzzy head popped out. Kagome gasped.

"Kirara!" she cried, picking up the tiny kitten and snuggling her. Kirara chirped, rubbing her head against Kagome's cheek. Kagome smiled. "At least you came with me," she said. She held out Kirara to Tori. "Tori, I'd like you to meet Kirara, one of my companions in the feudal era." Tori watched the kitten curiously.

"Is she a cat, or a demon?" asked Tori, taking Kirara in her hands. God, she was so cute and tiny! Tori smiled as the kitten's big red eyes blinked up at her, but the smile soon faded.

"Both, I think," said Kagome. She noticed the sad look on Tori's face. "What happened to you?" she asked. Sadly, while absentmindedly stroking Kirara, Tori told her tale to Kagome. Kagome looked down when she finished. "So your friends didn't come with you?" she asked.

"No, they went back to their guys. They've been my friends since childhood, and we met those boys a little more than a year ago. They picked the guys over me, and that's just plain weird," explained Tori. Her gaze turned from sad to fierce. She pulled her head up sharply and turned to Kagome. "Kagome, we were both played by our guys, right?" she asked.

"Right . . ." started Kagome; unsure of where this was going.

"So, I say we get stronger, and when we ever meet them again, they'll regret making us suffer!" said Tori, a seriously angry look on her face. Kagome wasn't sure if she could fight Inuyasha, not that she didn't want to, she just wasn't sure if it was possible. But, the heat of what he did got to her head.

"Right!" she said firmly, balling her hands into fists. "From this moment on, no one will ever push us around again!"

~6 months later~

Tori and Kagome jogged down the streets towards the elementary school. Kagome had told her family about what happened, and they helped her out, getting her a whole set of gym equipment, and clearing out the basement so it served as a private gym. They stopped at the front gate of the school, where Kagome's little brother, Sota, was waiting in shorts, a t-shirt and running shoes. He ran with them every day, around five blocks, and then going back to the Higurashi shrine. Tori lived with her second cousin a few houses down from the shrine, since her family had been murdered a couple of years ago.

Kagome's friends, Yura and Eri, came walking down the street. They saw Kagome and Tori and waved them over.

"Hey, Kagome! What's up? You haven't been hanging out with us for a long time," said Eri.

"Yeah, what's the deal? Is it that boyfriend you were going out with behind our backs?" asked Yura. Kagome glared.

"Inuyasha is the worst person! We were NEVER going out, and now we never will!" she said furiously, suddenly blowing up. Yura, Eri, Sota and Tori all drew back.

"Was that his name?" asked Eri.

"Dog demon? That's a strange name," commented Yura. Tori slapped a hand over Kagome's mouth before she could continue her rant and possibly give away something important.

"Nah, Kagome's just a little delirious from her recent, uh, amnesia case?" she said quickly. She nodded Kagome's head up and down. "Poor girl was in a coma for three weeks, probably had strange dreams about a guy like that. No biggie," Tori hurriedly explained. The girls looked at her strangely, but accepted the story, to Tori's amazement and relief. She released Kagome after they'd left.

"Sorry, girl, had to do that. You were about to give away the feudal era," said Tori.

"It's ok, I still get steamed whenever I think about him. I need to really work this off," she said. They continued down the street towards the shrine.

~The next day~

Kagome and Tori jogged to school as fast as they could after dropping Sota off. It was a chilly morning, but they were wearing sweat pants and sweatshirts, plus all the running was keeping them warm.

"Whew! Finally Friday!" panted Tori.

"Tell me about it! Christmas Break, here we come!" answered Kagome. Their exams had been the week before, and today was the big Christmas party, so neither of the girls needed their backpacks. Tori suddenly picked up a scent in the air, and snarled. Her powers that she possessed allowed her to transform into an incredible animal, a ligress. It was the female combination of a lion and a tiger; the male was called a liger. She couldn't transform willingly, though. Her ligress would only come out if they were being threatened, or if she felt REALLY angry. The ligress senses, though, she could use freely, like her smelling, sight, or hearing. She could also transform her fingernails into deadly claws if she needed to.

"What is it, Tori?" asked Kagome. Kagome knew of her powers, and if Tori smelled something she didn't like, it was definitely bad. Tori turned her head to where the scent was coming from. It reeked of demon, and demon equaled danger in both Kagome and Tori's minds. Kagome looked where she was. Across the street, four teenage boys were watching them. Tori could smell the scents, two were demons, and two were humans. She told Kagome, who nodded.

"Yeah, I'm picking up some serious spiritual energy from the two humans," said Kagome. They'd been walking while watching them from the corner of their eyes, trying not to look like they were staring. One of the humans had black slicked back hair and brown eyes, and was wearing a green suit, the other human, who was the tallest, and the stupidest-looking, had orange hair and tiny black eyes and was wearing a blue suit. One of the demons had red shoulder-length hair and emerald-green eyes, and was wearing a pink suit? The other one was the same height (5'9'', so what? I made Hiei taller in this fic, but I'm the one runnin' this story, so get over it!), and he had black spiked hair with white streaks, and was wearing a black suit. He also had blood-red eyes that seemed to pierce through whatever they were set on.

Tori and Kagome hurried to school before they were caught staring. When they reached it and changed into their normal clothes (they didn't need to wear their uniforms today), they still had fifteen minutes before class started. They sat talking to Yura and Eri, and Kagome suddenly was getting a weird feeling around her neck. Her jewel shards were pulsing, like they were in danger or something. Tori was sitting, drawing a horse on a note card she'd found, when her head suddenly shot up. She took two quick sniffs, and let out a low growl, just as Mr. Hiroshima came in for their class.

"Alright, class! Take your seats. Today we have some new students who just transferred from a high school across the city. Come on in!" He gestured at the door. Six kids walked in, four of them were automatically recognized by two certain girls sitting in the third row from the front.

"Oh, shit! Look who it is!" hissed Kagome, elbowing Tori.

"I'm looking, and not liking!" came Tori's response.

"That must be why my jewel shards were acting funny!"

"I picked up their scent before they came in the door," said Tori.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Duh! We were starting class!"

"Alright," Mr. Hiroshima cleared his throat, "Take your seats, kids." Among the boys, Tori noticed two girls about her age, both with brown hair and brown eyes. (Can someone brief me on what Yukina looks like? I don't remember. I just need her hair color and length, and eye color, that's all) Both sat next to the boys with the green and blue suits in the back. Tori let out another low growl as the demon in black brushed past her, giving her a glare. The redheaded demon took a seat near Kagome, giving her a small smile. Kagome looked at him strangely, and turned away.

"Done with the analysis?" asked Tori.

"Yup, the black one's a fire demon, the redhead's a kitsune," she whispered.

"Like Shippo," said Tori. Kagome sighed.

"Yeah, Shippo, I wonder how he is?" she asked herself. She hoped Inuyasha was being nice to him. The games were fun in all of the classes, and so were the parties. Kagome and Tori avoided the new kids as much as possible, which wasn't too hard, considering there were a heck of a lot of other kids in their class.

Finally, after God-knows-how-long, the eighth period ending bell rang, and Kagome and Tori hurried out of the room with everyone else so they wouldn't be left alone with the new kids. As they were running down the hall, Kagome's bag suddenly decided to drop, knocking her things all over the place. She dropped to the floor with Tori, and as they were picking stuff up, the hallway emptied. Tori glanced up.

"Boy, people sure were intent on starting their Christmas Break," she commented, as she picked up a note that she and Kagome had passed in class recently. The hallway was empty. Tori was so busy trying to find Kagome's reading book, that she didn't notice the group behind her.

Kagome was putting her last lip-gloss stick in her bag, when a friendly voice greeted her.

"Is this yours?" Kagome's head shot up, her eyes meeting a pair of green ones. The boy was holding out her reading book to her. She recognized him as the kitsune.

"Yes, it is," she said, taking the book and standing up. Tori was already up, glaring around at the boys who'd surrounded them. Kagome glanced around, looking back to the redhead.

He pointed to her neck. "Is that your necklace?" he asked.

Kagome's hand instinctively clutched her jewel shards. "Yes, it is."

"Then you must be Kagome Higurashi," said the boy in green. He stepped forward. "I'm Yusuke Urameshi, spirit detective."

"I'm Kuwabara," said the orange-haired teen.

"I'm Kurama, and that's Hiei," said the kitsune, gesturing to the black-haired demon, who narrowed his eyes.

"Well, I see you already know my name," said Kagome. She glanced at Tori. "This is Tori, my friend, and if you know what's good for you, you won't mess with her."

"Oh, a little tough girl, aren't you?" said Kuwabara, cracking his knuckles. Turning her gaze on him, Tori suddenly snarled viciously, her eyes beginning to turn yellow. "Is that a threat?" asked Kuwabara, stepping forward.

"Oh, come on, Kuwabara! Quit picking fights with everyone you see!" yelled Yusuke.

"She's the one picking the fight!" yelled Kuwabara. Tori extended her claws, baring her teeth. "Oh, that's it!" Before anyone could stop him, Kuwabara had thrown a punch right at Tori. Moving super-fast, Tori sidestepped, and when his hand shot past, she bit it, snarling, showing off newly formed fangs before letting go. Kuwabara yelped with pain. Kagome spun around, grabbing Tori by the arm before she could attack. "She bit me! Did you see that?" asked Kuwabara.

"Come on, we're getting out of here now," said Kagome.

"You some kind of demon or something?" asked Yusuke. Tori smirked evilly.

"No, I'm just, `gifted', you could call it," she responded. Kagome knew what would happen if Tori kept this up. She hurriedly pulled a smoke capsule out of her pocket (convenient, huh?) and threw it. It exploded, filling the hallway with smoke as Kagome and Tori raced out the door.

After taking Sota home, the girls jogged out to the city park, heading for the secluded area behind the lake. There they rested from running, sitting down against a tree. Once they were energized again, they stood up and had a friendly sparring match. Tori was winning when she picked up that all-too-familiar scent yet again. She stopped, snarling. Kagome froze.

"Is it them again?" she asked.

"Bingo." The girls turned to see the two humans, Kuwabara and Yusuke, blocking their pathway out of the area. Near the back came Kurama and Hiei. They surrounded the girls again, like in the school hallway. Tori looked and saw, with satisfaction, that Kuwabara had a bandage around his hand. "What do you want now?" she asked. Kurama stepped forward.

"We originally were sent to retrieve the Shikon jewel shards, but after speaking with our boss, Koenma, we have a new mission," he explained.

"Which would be . . .?" asked Kagome.

"We were sent to retrieve you," the fire demon spoke up, startling the girls.

"Um, yes, what Hiei said. Our boss was seemingly impressed with your abilities, and he wishes to speak with you," explained Kurama. Tori and Kagome glanced at each other.

"No, sorry, but our schedule's filled for Christmas Break," said Kagome.

"I was afraid you'd say that," said Kurama, "I'm sorry, but we will have to make you come."

"Just try it," said Tori venomously, snarling.

"Okay," said Yusuke. He headed for Kagome, who sprung lightly into the air, completing a neat flip before landing right behind him. Kuwabara was intent on getting revenge, and he raced at Tori, who once again sidestepped the attack, giving him a hard punch in the back of the head as he passed, making him fall flat on his face. Kagome was evading Yusuke with ease. Though, as she landed from an airborne kick to Yusuke's shoulder, Kurama was able to grab her around the arms. He pulled a capsule out of his pocket, evading a backwards head butt from Kagome. He opened the capsule under her nose, and she inhaled.

Slowly, Kagome felt her eyelids grow heavy, and her body lost all fight as she slumped into sleep. Kurama laid her on the ground, and went to help catch Tori, who was proving to be a lot more trouble than they thought.

"Kagome!" cried Tori as she viciously punched Kuwabara in the face. She tried to race towards her friend, but realized she was being pursued. She snarled at Hiei as he came closer. "Get away from me!" she yelled. "Kagome!" Yusuke cornered her on one side, Kurama stood in front of Kagome, blocking her path. She stopped, suddenly feeling two arms wrap around her own. She turned around to see Hiei glaring down at her. She struggled, trying to bite him, kick him, slash at him, do anything to help get herself free.

Unfortunately, Hiei was a lot stronger than she thought, and he was able to keep a tight hold while evading all of her attacks. As she saw Kurama approach with the sleep capsule, she drew out her claws and tried to slice Hiei's arms. But, that proved impossible. Tori took a deep breath before Kurama opened the capsule, and now was just about the only time she wished her nose wasn't so sensitive. She tried to bury it in her shoulder, but the smoke reached her face, and even her held breath couldn't keep the fumes away. She blacked out.

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Tori the Hanyou: Yup, cliffhanger, I know, but it gets loads better! You'll find out why Koenma wants to see Tori and Kagome in the next chapter!

Cya, you guys, and HAPPY 2004!!!!

~*Tori the Hanyou*~