Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A family I never knew ❯ Blood right and mates ( Chapter 4 )

Author's note: Chibes-san you have my full permission to borrow my idea. Sorry it took so long to update. It usually only takes me a few hours to come up with an idea and only a couple of days to type and revise it. But I haven't hade a moment of peace these last few months. Any way I hope this makes up for the long wait in spades. -Rei

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(Reikai)

 

Koenma walked passed the looming doors of his office. Fast at his heels were an annoyed Toushin and his former master. Following behind them at a more sedate pace were Jin, Kurama, Yukina, Hiei, and Touya. As soon as they crossed the threshold the doors were closed behind them and George the blue ogre guarded the door. As Koenma took his place sitting at his desk Kurama dragged Yuusuke to as seat making sure the former delinquent sat down.

 

 

Raizen's heir glared at the fox spirit but didn't shake off his hold. Without so much as a word Genkai sat next to him and glared, effectively cutting off any harsh words that were about to spew forth from his lips. Jin floated behind them next to Yukina who sat to the old psychic's immediate left. Touya and Hiei hung back each leaning against opposite sides of the same door.

 

 

“Firstly Yuusuke to understand my plan to work you going to have to give up your life in the human world completely are you absolutely sure you want to do this”

 

 

Yuusuke scowled at the spirit world ruler, “You asked me that before and I'm not about to change my mind so get on with it toddler”

 

 

Koenma sucked on is pacifier in annoyance before pulling out a book roughly six inches thick and a good few pounds heavier as it looked. He tossed it to Yuusuke who deftly caught it without a thought.

 

 

“Then you need to start studying your history. More specifically the history of the shinkan jewel”

 

 

Yuusuke looked at the book sourly but opened it nonetheless. He raised an eyebrow at what he saw.

 

 

“Naraku formerly know as Onigumo is a hanyou though not very powerful is manipulative enough to rival Yoko Kurama at his worst, Yoko, at the least had a certain honor while Naraku is above nothing to get what he wants” said Koenma

 

 

Kurama looked at the page his friend was reading before looking at the child ruler. His emerald pools fastening on Koenma's brown ones. He like Yuusuke had a slightly dubious expression plastered on his face.

 

 

“He manipulated the former guardian of the jewel”?

 

 

Koenma nodded, “Kikyou was a very powerful miko, back then few humans had high spiritual energy so it was easily mistaken as holy energy”

 

 

Yuusuke scoffed, thinking about Sensui. There was no way anyone past or present that could actually match the power the rogue spirit detective possessed.

 

 

“Naraku was a tough costumer even when he was human, He was obsessed with Kikyou to the point he'd kill her just so that she wouldn't be with anyone else. He disguised himself as her love and stabbed her in the back on the spot ”

 

 

Genkai looked visibly disgusted, “something tells me it only gets worse”

 

 

Koenma inclined his head in agreement, indicating for them to continue reading while he narrated the finer points.

 

 

“Of course it gets worse, Kagome wouldn't be Yuusuke's daughter if it didn't” he said almost exasperatedly

 

 

Yuusuke growled, “get on with it pacifier breath”

 

 

“Well there was an accident with the soul travel traffic apparently the echo of Kikyou's spirit got intertwined with your daughter's soul more specifically the Shikon no tama”

 

 

“Fifty years after the initial death of Kikyou your daughter got into a fight with a centipede demon and got dragged back to the warring states era, she freed Kikyou's lover Inuyasha, whom Naraku had tricked her into pinning to a tree” he continued

 

 

Touya leaned forward in interest, “ Kikyou was resurrected”?

 

 

Koenma sucked on his pacifier loudly and his eyebrow twitched irreparably.

 

 

“A witch got a hold of Kikyou's ashes and Kagome, unfortunately by Kikyou being anchored to Kagome's very core the echo is a very much part of her, Kikyou (the jewel's echo) is the source of Kagome's human energy without Yuusuke-”

 

 

“Her inner demon will not only take over, it will rip her to shreds” Yuusuke finished.

 

 

“In every way her power has become anchored to that jewel should it become completely tainted it will kill her”

 

 

Pain radiated off of the former spirit detective in waves. Yet as he sat there with his friends at his side Yuusuke found strength not to scream in frustration at the unfairness of it all. His daughter didn't deserve this, no more than she deserved to be lied to about her parents and dragged from the happy life she could have had.

 

 

“What happens if the jewel is completely purified?” asked Genkai surreptitiously taking hold of her `son's' hand

 

 

Koenma sighed, “then her blood inheritance will awaken most likely killing her anyway” he looked directly into the Toushin's eyes

 

 

“If she does survive than there is absolutely no way she can return to this time frame without waiting it out”

 

 

Hiei snorted, “why not, if the detective trains her hard enough the girl will be able to withstand Enma's forces”

 

 

Kurama shot a glare at his partner his eyes flecked in gold. Obviously the kitsune had the answer to his rudely stated question.

 

 

“She is using a portal that only recognizes a certain type of energy signature. More specifically the energy corresponds to Kikyou. Kagome will obviously become too powerful for the portal to handle and it will collapse in on itself”

 

 

“ Even when she is trained, no one can last against Enma forever Hiei” stated Touya

 

 

“Hn”

 

 

Yukina chuckled at her brother's typical response. After a few more minutes of basically reviewing the history they started on exactly what was going to happen. The unconscious tension that had built up in the room previously slowly ebbed away. Jin had remained silent for most of the meeting started cracking an occasional joke now, making Raizen's heir relax even further.

 

 

“So basically your saying we set up shop with some bullshit story about us being a wandering clan just settling down that just happens to have a jewel shard and a powerful miko” stated Yuusuke with doubt purely audible in his tone.

 

 

Genkai didn't even bother smacking him; she'd only hurt herself. Instead the old psychic snorted at her former pupil's stupidity.

 

 

“You actually thought you were going alone dimwit? Knowing you you'd merely fuck it all up”

 

 

Yuusuke glared at his pink haired mentor, `.:translation:. They were going to help whether he liked it or not'

 

 

“This is serious Yuusuke, what would Kagome say if she knew the truth too soon and not to mention others knowing at all”

 

 

Thinking about the child ruler's words Raizen's heir couldn't help but wince in agreement. If Kagome was anything like her mother than Yuusuke wanted to stave off that particular conversation for a couple hundred years. As for anyone else knowing, well that would throw to many things out of whack.

 

 

Koenma retrieved what seemed to be a giant long sword from his desk. Not once, Yuusuke noted, did Koenma's hands come in contact with the hilt. He maneuvered the deadly blade expertly making sure he didn't cut his hands.

 

 

“This is your one way ticket to the warring era Yuusuke meet the Ketsueki iikagen tou or the blood right sword”

 

 

Kurama's eyes widened fractionally, “The sword rumored to have been responsible for demons rule over humans”?

 

 

Everyone turned their' attention to the kitsune.

 

 

“Whacha' talk'n bout fox” asked a very confused wind master

 

 

“ It was long ago maybe even thousands of year's before any barriers between the three worlds were even thought about, as you know humans and demons are natural enemies”

 

 

“But what you don't know is exactly how long this war between the humans and demons went on, There used to be so many other realms beside the three that stand now” Kurama looked directly at Yuusuke, “They were wiped out with a few years after the war started”

 

 

Hiei snorted, “weaklings”

 

 

Kurama ignored him.

 

 

“The major confrontation between the humans and three demon lords didn't last as long as it could have because Magnus Presul last of the fae forged a weapon of steel that his people created, bones of humans, and blood of the demon lord whom the humans had captured”

 

 

“Something tells me it worked”

 

 

Kurama's eyes darkened, “ It worked too well, everyone including Magnus didn't survive not to mention it was so long ago that few remember it”

 

 

Once again everyone turned their' attention to Koenma who set the blood right sword on desk. He sighed.

 

 

“That's not exactly right Kurama there were two survivors, the captured demon lord Tosatsuzen and his mate Rexene, because the sword was forged of his blood Tosatsuzen was immune as was his mate because at the time she carried his child”

 

 

Koenma looked into the Toushin's eyes, “ Tosatsuzen felt the weapon was too powerful for any race to wield he gave it to the Reikai anyone that isn't of Tosatsuzen's blood that touches the thing will set it off and destroy everything within a three hundred mile radius, so please do us all a favor and don't ask me how I got it”

 

 

Touya pushed off from the door and moved closer to where his former sect member floated.

 

 

“Then how are we going to be able to use it unless you're saying that Yuusuke-sama is the descendant of Tosatsuzen”?

 

 

Yuusuke growled at the title that Touya associated with his name. Yet the ice master ignored him in favor of paying attention to Koenma's response

 

 

Koenma laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head sheepishly, “well that actually is true in a way, Tosatsuzen was Raizen's father”

 

 

None of them were really all that surprised by this. Yuusuke's relatives seemed to just keep popping out of the woodwork. Genkai's sweat dropped at the absolute murder that was in her apprentice's eyes. It seemed that the situation just kept getting more and more complicated and the former spirit detective wasn't taking it well. Suddenly Hiei moved to stand next to his partner. He and Kurama touched each of Yuusuke's shoulders; Hiei touched his left while Kurama squeezed his right.

 

 

She watched, as Yuusuke seemed to relax the moment the two came into physical contact with him. And then a tiny smirk made its way onto Genkai's lips as she saw the slightly glazed look that came over the arrogant young man's face. She knew that look from anywhere. Toguro used to have the same look when she touched him innocent or not.

 

 

Yet the old psychic wasn't the only one who noticed the intimacy in which both the cold-hearted half-breed demon and the Yoko reincarnation touched the Toushin. Touya looked at the three friends then at Genkai. He met her gaze and then looked pointedly at Yuusuke. Understanding what the former shenobi wanted, Genkai nodded imperceptivity in agreement. Things were about to get a hell of a lot more interesting around here.

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Far away from the spirit world in a densely wooded forest roughly a few miles away from the boarders of the western territories a ragtag group composed of three humans two demons and one very irate inu-hanyou. They had been traveling for a few days now and tensions were high. Ever since Kagome killed Kikyou, saving Inuyasha's life the dog demon had withdrawn from the high-spirited miko.

 

 

Inuyasha wasn't angry with Kagome no matter how many times he yelled at himself for it. He just couldn't hate her for what see did. Kagome had done what was needed to be done even if he couldn't have done it himself. So instead, he sulked. Being the understanding soul that she was Kagome gave him space knowing that it was nothing personal it was just he was grieving the best way he knew how. But that didn't help much.

 

 

Sango and Miroku had been trying to set the half demon and Miko up on a romantic setting. As for Shippou the young kitsune was too young to even notice the tension eating away at the adults. Inuyasha stopped, as he smelled a hot spring nearby. Looking up at the sky he saw the sun beginning to make its journey westward. It was time to set up camp. He leapt from the tree branch that he stood on only to land in front of the young miko whom he was trying to avoid.

 

 

“We stop here for tonight and continue tomorrow,” he stated curtly

 

 

Inuyasha pointed to a thick glove of trees to a few feet away, “ The hot springs are that way”

 

 

Without another word the hanyou took off. Miroku was about to go after him but Kagome stopped him

 

 

“Let him go Miroku, he needs to be alone” she said softly

 

 

“But Kag-”, She gave a sleeping Shippou to Sango, “You guys have to stop Inuyasha and I are not star-crossed lovers and this is no fairytale where he's gonna rescue me, get over it”

 

 

They stepped back as if smacked when she said those particularly harsh words. Seeing their expressions Kagome sighed and gentled the blow from her stinging words.

 

 

“Look I know you guys are just trying to help us but you need to stop, Inuyasha will not love me in that way, ever, he can't, I can't love him more than like a brother, I won't, there are too many bad memories that come to mind when we look at each other” she stated softly.

 

 

Tears streamed down Sango's face as she watched Kagome retrieve her pack and headed to the hot springs. Miroku hugged the exterminator making sure he didn't crush the kit that lay between them in the woman's arms. Kirara mewed softly at the sight of her master's tears. Kagome made her way to the hot springs not bothering to even wipe the tears that fell from her sapphire orbs.

 

 

It all was becoming too much for Kagome things were becoming worse with the nearing completion of the Shikon jewel.

 

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(Flashback)

 

“Inuyasha get away from her”!

 

 

Kagome stood at the ready with her bow and arrow drawn and her aim steadily fixated on the undead miko behind her friend.

 

 

“You can not stop me my reincarnation, this is our fate”

 

 

Some unfamiliar rage filled in Kagome's heart. She glared at her undead tormentor with a ferocity that she never knew she had. Inuyasha could have sworn that he had seen blue markings appear under her eyes. However they were gone just as fast as they appeared.

 

 

“The hell it is” she shouted, “fate is what we make you sadistic bitch”

 

 

Inuyasha didn't dare move from the spot where he stood in between the two.

 

 

“I won't let you harm Kikyou Kagome I love her please don't make me hurt you”

 

 

Something akin to pity flashed across the young woman's eyes. However Kagome did not drop her weapon, she stared down the half inu-youkai with steely determination.

 

 

“That is not the Kikyou you loved Inuyasha, I won't let her shadow haunt you anymore even if I must save you from yourself”

 

 

(End Flashback)

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Kagome sobbed even as she scrubbed away at her skin until it was raw. Killing Kikyou had taken everything she had in her. Any mental innocence the miko once held was now gone and it was slowly tearing her apart, or that is what she tried to tell herself. Lately she had noticed that she had become unusually strong and that her senses had become more and more precise. It scared the young miko to no end.

 

 

Suddenly Kagome felt a presence fast approaching her. She quickly dried her tears and got out of the water. Just as the young women wrapped a towel around her to preserve her modesty someone she had wished to forget had dropped in from the trees.

 

 

“Sesshoumaru”

 

 

The cold-hearted youkai stared at her taking in the fact that she was mostly nude. The western lord had been patrolling his boarders when he smelt his brother and his group just a few miles away. But what interested him most was when he smelled the sent of a powerful demoness. One must always look for a strong and beautiful mate after all. He tracked the scent here only to find his brother's wench whom he didn't even mark as his.

 

 

“Well if it isn't my brother's bitch”

 

 

Kagome snapped out of her semi shock at hearing the dog demon's words. Once again a rage that wasn't her own filled her and any usually logical argument Kagome heeded was blown out the window. Blue markings seared into her skin with a power that Kagome feared might consume her. The towel fell away from her body revealing the blue lighting patterns on her stomach and thighs with a monogram of a phoenix emblazed itself just above her breasts.

 

 

Her shoulders now held sun disk like markings with spiraling lightening patterns wrapped around her wrists and ankles. But it was her eyes that captivated the demon lord most. Those once deep blue pools were now icy blue, nearly white in color. They stared at him with challenge plainly visible and threat more than voiced. So shocked was he that even with Kagome's power burning his skin the proud western heir did not move.

 

 

And then she spoke, “Well if it isn't the snarky psychotic bastard himself”, “word to the wise asshole, ever call me Inuyasha's bitch again and I'll rip you a new one”

 

 

Still dazed Sesshoumaru barely registered what the miko seemingly turned demoness said. Kagome put her hands on her hips and tapped her foot not at all conscious of the fact she was naked. After a few moments passed and the demon lord still didn't recover from his shock Kagome sighed.

 

 

“I just not only insulted you lord fluffy, I threatened you”

 

 

Suddenly Kagome found herself pushed up against a tree with Sesshoumaru's hand around her throat, his claws digging into her skin. Yet the cold fury did not leave the young miko. She stared into Sesshoumaru's honey golden eyes with unnerving steel building up the power around her instinctually. This male was strong `a worthy mate'.

 

 

Kagome shook away the though even as she became aroused at the thought of his bare skin against her own.

 

 

“You dare-”

 

 

“Oh, I dare you domineering mutt, I dare” she shot back

 

 

Kagome gripped Sesshoumaru's wrist in her own sending electrical currents through the limb.

 

 

“Now let me go or I will kill you,” she stated without even batting an eyelash

 

 

Sesshoumaru's hold around her throat weakened as her power increased. He knew without a doubt just then that this human, no demon was more than what she seemed. And it was because of that he made his decision, this female would be his mate and there was nothing she could do to stop him. He could smell how being close to him affected her, even in her anger.

 

 

`And what a heavenly scent it is' he thought.

 

 

Letting her go completely Sesshoumaru backed off and smirked.

 

 

“This is not over woman”

 

 

Kagome glared at the demon lord her demon blood demanding she kill the bastard who dared encroach upon her person and her territory.

 

 

“My name is Kagome dumb ass and if you ever come near me again I will slaughter you”

 

 

The demon lord's smirk did not slip but he did not reply, he only disappeared into the darkening woods leaving behind a seething and emotionally exhausted Kagome. As his scent faded into the night, Kagome broke down without the anger and arousal clouding her senses. Her markings once in stark contrast to her pale skin were now completely and the young miko slid to the ground with her face in her hands crying tears of anguish and confusion.

 

 

“What is happening to me”?