AN: My friends, today is a momentous occasion.

Ukyo: What? That you FINALLY decided to update?

DT: Umm, well, yes that too, but there's more to it than that.

Kyle: Care to tell us?

DT: Of course. (clears throat.) Today is not only the day I updated, but it is also the one year anniversary of this story!

Kyle: Has it been a year already?

Ukyo: Sure didn't feel like it.

DT: I know. I never would have guessed I'd make it this far. That's why I decided to wait and update this on it's anniversary.

Kyle: And here I though you were just being lazy.

DT: Uh, yeah anyway. Before I continue I would like to thank Xeno, Mika, Dumbledork, and KamiKaze no Kage for reviewing. I hope you enjoy this chapter and I hope you stick with me till the end.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½, Yu Yu Hakusho, Inuyasha, or Sailor Moon. I only own the characters mentioned in chapter 13. At least I think it was chapter 13. Well either way, enjoy the chapter!

Ch 26 Conflicts of the Heart pt 1

Kyle took a deep breath and looked around at his surroundings. They were in a forest miles away from the city of Tokyo. It pleased him to get away from the city for a bit and breathe in the fresh air of the wilderness. He glanced behind him. Kagome and Inuyasha were sitting by a fire making breakfast. Sakura and Kei had been sent to gather water a while ago. Yumi and Kyo were sitting by the fire on a log. They hadn't said a word since they left Nerima. Kyle didn't mind though. He was glad there was going to be some peace and quite.

"What you doing Mousse!"

So much for piece and quite. Kyle turned towards the source of the noise. It had come from Shampoo's tent. Well, his and Shampoo's tent if you wanted to get technical about it. He went inside in a matter of seconds and pulled the perpetrator away from wife.

"Damn it Mousse! I though we went over this a while ago. Keep your hands off of Shampoo!"

"I will never give up on her!"

Kyle growled, but before he could do anything else Shampoo sat him. So as Kyle got acquainted with the ground, Shampoo pulled him back into their tent. Kagome and Inuyasha shook their heads. Mousse continued to yell, but Cologne took care of that by splashing water on him.

"You're very lively in the morning." Cologne told Mousse as she caged him.

Mousse continued to quack angrily at her. At that moment Kei and Sakura came back. They looked at Mousse and the hole in the ground in front of their cousins' tent.

"I can guess that there was some sort of argument." Sakura said.

"You got it." Kagome told her daughter.

Meanwhile inside the tent, Kyle rubbed his head from the impact. He semi glared at Shampoo.

"You didn't have to 'sit' me. I wasn't going to attack him if that's what your worried about."

Shampoo smiled sheepishly at him. "I sorry. I want make sure you no hurt Mousse."

"I guess I can understand your…concern for him," he said trying not to sound jealous that she was worrying about another man.

Shampoo smiled mischievously at him. She lunged at him, which caused him to fall backwards. Shampoo lay on top of him. She brought her face closer to his. Their noses were almost touching.

"Airen jealous?"

Kyle mumbled something unintelligible. Shampoo smiled wider at him. She was about to kiss him when someone poked their head into the tent.

"Breakfast is…"

Kyle and Shampoo both looked at the intruder. Yumi looked at the scene before her. She narrowed her eyes at the demon boy.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt." She said in a huff.

Kyle frowned slightly and sat up.

"Come on, let's get some breakfast."

Shampoo sighed. She was hoping to get a good morning kiss from her husband, but that woman just had to interrupt. However, she pushed those thoughts aside and followed Kyle out. Kagome handed them a plate and they waited for their turn to get served some eggs and bacon. Once they did, they sat on one of the logs by the fire. To Shampoo's annoyance, Yumi sat next to Kyle. Kyle on the other hand did his best to ignore Yumi and also Mousse and Kyo's glaring. Sakura and Kei looked around nervously. They were afraid that a fight might break out. They had yet to see how bad the fights could get, but they were not looking forward to it since they had no way to prevent them. After all, they were no martial artists. Cologne decided to break the uncomfortable silence.

"Son-in-law, after breakfast I shall finish your training for the Hiryu Shoten Ha. We didn't have a chance since you got kidnapped before you could learn the final move. Since then we haven't had time to do much. After you have learned the Hiryu Shoten Ha I shall teach you a new technique."

"Sounds good to me."

Cologne then pointed her staff at Kyo. "You young man shall assist us."

"Why?" Kyo asked.

"A sparring partner will be required for the training."

Kyo smirked at Kyle. This was his chance to one up Kyle and prove to Yumi that he was much better. Kyle did not like the way Kyo was looking at him. Whatever he had planned it was sure not good for him.

"Fine. I'll help." He finally answered.

Soon everyone finished their breakfast. Kyle, Cologne and Kyo went off into the forest to train. Meanwhile, Inuyasha decided to go fishing with Kei and he brought Mousse along. He didn't want to risk Mousse doing something stupid just because Kyle wasn't there. That left Kagome, Sakura, Shampoo, and Yumi to find something to do.

"So what would you girls like to do?" Kagome asked.

"I'm not too sure." Sakura answered.

"Umm, you're a Miko. Correct?" Yumi asked Kagome.

"That's right."

Yumi got on her knees and bowed. "Please, I beg of you to train me."

"Uh, huh?" Kagome was a little taken back by her formalness.

"I need to get stronger if we are to defeat Naraku. From what I've seen, he is very powerful. Li…Kyle will need all the help he can get."

"Well, I suppose you're right about that."

Shampoo looked suspiciously at Yumi. "How we know you not try use powers on Airen."

Yumi sat up and glared at Shampoo, who glared right back. "I won't hurt him."

"That not what it look like before." Shampoo retorted.

Yumi stood up and faced Shampoo. "I could never hurt him because I love him!" she screamed.

Kagome and Sakura looked at the shocked face of Shampoo. They knew this was not going to go well.

"You already hurt Airen when you trick him!"

"I didn't trick him when I told him I loved him! You know what else? He has told me he loved me too! Has he told you the same?"

Shampoo opened her mouth to say something, but then realized that Yumi spoke the truth. Sure she had told Kyle plenty of times that she loved him, but he never said he did in return.

'Does Airen love me?' Shampoo began to doubt Kyle, but his actions towards her spoke otherwise. If he didn't love her then why would he kiss her or why would he call her his wife?

Yumi smirked at Shampoo. "Oh, so he hasn't has he? Well then I suppose he doesn't feel the same about you."

At that moment, Shampoo snapped and slapped Yumi. Before either Kagome or Sakura could react, Yumi lunged at Shampoo and they began to roll around in the dirt.

"Oh crap! Mom what do we do?"

Kagome was about to respond when Shampoo unleashed her Spirit Claws. Kagome and Sakura panicked.

"Ah! Not in the campsite!" They both yelled.

Shampoo and Yumi seemed to listen to this request and took their fight to the forest.

"Oh, crap, crap, crap!" Sakura said panicking.

"Sakura! I'll go keep an eye on the girls. You go get Kyle. It's about time he fixed his problems with these girls."

Sakura nodded and ran in the direction her cousin went.

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Kyle and Kyo had started sparring as soon as Cologne gave them the okay to start. Kyo seemed intent on beating Kyle into a bloody pulp. Kyle of course was not going to let this happen, but for now his goal was to unleash the Hiryu Shoten Ha. He could beat Kyo up later.

"You know I hate you." Kyo growled at Kyle.

"Really? I couldn't tell." Kyle responded as he blocked another of Kyo's punches.

"Grr, you cocky bastard. I'm gonna beat you and prove to Yumi just how worthless you really are!"

Kyo's hands began to glow. Kyle barely managed to dodge the punch.

"She's been suffering ever since we kidnapped you. No matter how long it's been she still loves you! It's killing her to see you with that other girl. Yet you don't seem to care and that pisses me off!"

Kyo gathered the energy in his glowing hands and shot it at Kyle. Kyle shot his Spirit Gun at the ball of energy. The two powers collided and caused an explosion. Kyo charged Kyle and kicked him into a tree. Kyle got up and shot his Spirit Gun at Kyo. Cologne shook her head. He was supposed to use the Hiryu Shoten Ha to defeat Kyo.

"Son-in-law! Do not forget the goal for today."

Kyle nodded and concentrated on creating the Soul of Ice. Kyo charged at Kyle with his glowing hands. Kyle made no attempt to dodge. Cologne wondered what her Son-in-law had in mind.

"You like Yumi, don't you?" He said just as Kyo was about to smash his face in.

That caused Kyo to stop. He jumped back and eyed Kyle warily. "What do you care!" he said and charged again.

This time Kyle made sure not to retaliate and just dodged while moving in a circular motion. An idea popped into his head. The Hiryu Shoten Ha required a battle ki from the opponent and he knew just how to get more out of his.

"I don't care. I was just wondering. Oh, and just to let you know, Yumi's a good kisser."

That sent Kyo over the edge. Kyle couldn't have planned it better himself. Just as Kyo was about to release his anger on Kyle they reached the center of the circle. Kyle then did the final move.

"Hiryu Shoten Ha!"

A giant dragon like twister appeared. It sucked Kyo up into it and spun him around before he was spit back out. Kyle sighed with relief after that. As much as he wanted to kick Kyo's butt for making claims about things he didn't know, he had other things to do.

"Good work Son-in-law. You have mastered the Hiryu Shoten Ha." Cologne said as she hopped over to him.

"Thanks. So, is he going to be okay?" Kyle pointed at Kyo.

"He will, however we should return him to the camp site."

"Heh, I think this is the second time he's experienced the Hiryu Shoten Ha."

"Really, and when was the first?"

"When he and Yumi kidnapped me. Ranma gave me more details about that day when we switched bodies."

Kyle walked over to Kyo who was moaning in pain. He was about to pick him up when Sakura ran into the clearing. Kyle stopped what he was doing and looked at his cousin.

"Hey Sakura. What's up?"

"Kyle, you've got to get back to the camp site!"

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Your girlfriends are fighting over you!" she said a bit annoyed.

"Huh?"

Just as he said that Shampoo and Yumi ran past him. Shampoo was throwing the energy from her Spirit Claws at Yumi while Yumi was shooting arrows at Shampoo.

"Oh, that's what you meant." Kyle deadpanned.

Kagome then ran into the clearing with them. She was gasping for breath.

"I didn't think I was that out of shape."

"We better go after them." Cologne stated.

Kyle transformed into his demon form. He threw Kyo over his shoulder. Then he grabbed Kagome with his tail while he carried Sakura on his back. Cologne was more than capable of keeping up with him, so he wasn't too worried. They followed the two combatants.

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Meanwhile, Kei, Inuyasha and Mousse were blissfully unaware of the battle that was raging…and heading their way.

Kei sighed as he pulled up his fishing rod. He hadn't caught anything yet, but it was too early to give up. He looked over at his father who was looking up at the sky. Then he looked over at Mousse. The Amazon seemed to be deep in though. Kei sighed once again and threw his line back in the water. He lay down and looked at the sky. Soon he found himself thinking about Rei. They met a couple of weeks after his sister started middle school. Usagi and Sakura had become friends and invited them to go to her house. He was reluctant to go at first, but he decided to give it a shot. It was then he first met Rei. It wasn't love at first sight, but he did think she was cute. As he got to know her, he began to like her even more. Rei seemed to trust him and that meant a lot. This was especially true when Rei told him and Sakura about the abilities she had because she was a priestess. He guessed she expected them to be freaked out by it, but they weren't because their mom was a Miko. Not that anyone outside the family knew that. She seemed to be happy that they didn't think she was a freak. He had been planning to ask her out sometime, but then the whole thing with Kyle completely threw him off. The more he though about it the more he got frustrated.

"Hey dad?"

"Hmm?"

"What do you do if there is a girl you like, but she may like someone else?"

Inuyasha looked at his son in surprise. This was the first time he had mentioned anything about girls.

"Well, I suppose what you should do is make sure she already likes someone. If not then you have every right to ask her out."

"What do you do if she does?"

"If she's happy then the right thing to do is let her go."

"But what if you really love her?" Mousse asked.

Inuyasha smiled at the blind Amazon. The boy might be just a bit obsessed with Shampoo, but Inuyasha felt his heart was in the right place.

"Look Mousse, if the person you love has told you repeatedly that they don't love you back then you should leave them be."

Mousse stood up and glared. "I can't just let her go! I love her more than anyone else in the world!"

Inuyasha sighed. Mousse was a hard one to explain things to. "She's not the only girl in the world."

"Well she is for me! No one can ever replace my first love!"

Inuyasha chuckled. Mousse got upset at this. "What's so funny?!"

"I'm not laughing at you if that's what you think. You see Mousse, Kagome wasn't my first love either."

"She wasn't?" Mousse asked a little surprised.

Kei tensed up a bit after hearing this. This was the first time he heard his father say that.

"Years ago I fell in love with a different woman. Unfortunately our relationship ended really badly. Then I met Kagome. Of course it wasn't love at first sight. In fact we got along pretty badly, but over time our relationship improved and before you knew it I was in love. Although I had a hard time letting go of my first love, but Kagome didn't give up on me. I realized how foolish it was of me to keeping loving someone that no longer felt the same way about me. If I had continued on that path it would have lead me to a miserable life. So, I let go and it was the best decision I made. Now happy with Kagome and I wouldn't change it for the world."

Mousse sat back down and though about what Inuyasha told him. It was true Shampoo had told him on numerous occasions that she did not love him. Even knowing this, he would not give up. Now that Shampoo was with someone else…again, he though he could win her over, but again she fell in love with someone else.

'She was able to fall in love with someone else…so why can't I? Why can't I let her go?'

Mousse would have continued to ponder this when something exploded behind him. Kei, Inuyasha and Mousse were thrown into the lake by the impact. Mousse, of course, turned into a duck. He quacked at whoever did this to him, but stopped when he realized it was Shampoo. That's when he noticed that Yumi was also there. Then Yumi and Shampoo charged at each other. In his current state, Mousse couldn't do anything to stop them. He would just end up getting hurt. Just then Kyle, Kagome, Sakura, and Cologne reached the scene. Kyle put Kyo down along with Sakura and Kagome.

"What's going on!" Inuyasha yelled at his wife.

"Yumi and Shampoo are fighting over Kyle." she responded.

"Oh."

Kyle decided he better put a stop to their fight before it got out of hand. Well, it was already out of hand considering they had left a mess of the forest, but it was best to stop them before they caused each other any serious damage. Yumi was about to punch Shampoo when Kyle appeared between them and grabbed her wrist.

"That's enough." He told both of them.

He let go of Yumi's wrist and looked back and forth between them. Neither looked at him. He sighed. He was frustrated with himself more than anyone else.

'I should have talked to Shampoo BEFORE we left, but no, I have to be an idiot.'

"Perhaps we should head back to the camp site?" Cologne asked everyone.

They all agreed to head back. Kyle was about to grab Shampoo's hand when she walked away from him. This confused him greatly. Yumi must have said something bad to Shampoo. That much he was sure about. As they walked back, Kagome gave him the details of the argument they had before they began their fight. Kyle felt like even bigger idiot after that. Once they reached the camp site Yumi and Shampoo both went for a walk. Cologne decided to postpone his training until the next day. By the time he decided to go talk to the girls, the sun was already setting. It took him so long because he was wondering how he was going to tell them what he wanted to without hurting one of them. He realized that it was impossible to prevent hurting one of them unless he pulled a Ranma and lead them on. Knowing he didn't want that, he decided to talk to Yumi first. They were 500 years overdo for an official break up. He found her standing in a clearing looking up at the sky.

"Hey." He said quietly.

"Why…are you here?" she asked even though she had a good idea why.

"Yumi…. I realize we didn't exactly….break up after the incident, but I didn't think it was necessary after what happened. I though it was pretty clear that I wouldn't want to be with you after that."

Yumi looked down. It was then Kyle picked up the scent of water. She was crying. This wasn't what he wanted, but it had to be done.

"I'm sorry Yumi, but it's been over between us for a long time. However, even after everything that has happened I do want you to know that I don't hate you…and that I forgive."

Yumi continued to cry. "Why?" she sobbed.

"I realized a long time ago, that continuing to hold on to that hate would only lead me down a miserable path. Hating you wasn't going to fix anything and seeking revenge would de me no good either. So I let go and decided to move on with my life. I know I've shown otherwise, but that was just because I didn't know how to act around you. I mean, I thought you were dead." Kyle sighed. "I don't care about you the way I use to, but maybe we could start over and be friends someday. I hope you can move on now and hopefully you'll find someone who can make you happy."

The sun was almost gone as he walked away. He ran into Kyo on his way to look for Shampoo. Kyo glared at him.

"You know now would be a good time to go comfort her."

"This is all your fault you know."

"I know, but I'm making right."

"How is hurting her making it right?"

"Then what would you suggest? That I lead her on? That I let her keep thinking we could get back together? Something like this was inevitable. In this kind of thing someone has to get hurt even if you don't want to. If you love her so much you'd quite bitching to me about how everything is my fault and you'd go do something for her."

Kyo was taken aback by how helpful Kyle was being to him. He nodded and walked past him.

"Hey Kyo?"

Kyo stopped walking and turned back to look at him. Kyle was looking up at the night sky, but he didn't turn to face Kyo.

"Yeah?"

"Take care of her."

Kyo smirked. "I'll do a better job than you."

Kyle smiled. "Good."

Kyo then continued on his way to Yumi. Kyle smiled happily at the sky. He honestly hoped everything would turn out well for them. He took a deep breath and went to Shampoo. He picked up her scent and followed it to a river not far from the campsite. She was sitting near the edge of the river looking at the water sadly. He walked quietly over to her and stood behind her. He knew Shampoo must have seen his reflection in the water, but she chose not to acknowledge him. They remained silent for a long time.

"Shampoo?" he finally asked.

She didn't respond. "I know what Yumi said to you."

She stood up and faced him. There were no tears in her eyes. Instead what he found was sadness and anticipation. She wanted him to tell her what he though about her. Kyle continued to look into her eyes.

"Shampoo, I should have talked to you before we came on the trip. It was foolish of me to wait."

He took a step closer and embraced her.

"I'm sorry I worried you. Shampoo… I love you. I would never do anything to betray you. I know how that feels and it's something I wouldn't wish upon anyone."

After hearing him say those words Shampoo clung on to him and cried into his chest. He held her until she stopped crying. Shampoo looked up at him. Her eyes were red and puffy.

"You no tell Great-grandmother I cry."

Kyle smiled down at her. "I won't."

"Promise?"

"I promise." He said.

He then leaned down and sealed his promise with a kiss. Shampoo gladly returned it. After they both separated for air, Kyle picked her up and went back to camp. Everyone seemed to be asleep. He went into their tent and lay down with her for the night. It had been a rough first day for everyone.

AN: Alright that's the end of the anniversary chapter!

Ranma: I wasn't even in this chapter!

DT: (Smiles evilly.) Oh, don't worry. This is only part one of this chapter. Your half is coming up next.

Ranma: I shoulda kept my mouth shut.

DT: Yes you should have. Well everyone please review and no flames. Later!