Disclaimer:I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho.

Summary:"Where did the Goshinboku come from?" "It all started with a kitsune and a Priestess…Youko Kurama and Kagome Higurashi."

Rating: M for later chapters

Pairing: Youko/Kagome/Kuronue

Kagome sighed and grabbed her bathing supplies and then a sleeping yukata, having taken to ditching most of her future clothes because they were 'scandelous'. She smiled and skipped from the room, excited to reach the baths, humming the whole way.

Crumble

Kagome sighed happily as she sat inside the large hot spring. She looked up and at the cave like ceiling, silently wondering what Sango and Miroku were doing, vaguely wondering what Inuyasha was doing. Did he even care she was gone? Did he even want her back? She shook her head, not liking thinking of him because of what he had done.

Slowly she began to wash her hair and scrubbed the dirt and grime from her body. She rinsed and then leaned her head on the wooden floor behind her. She sighed and closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep. That was the worst mistake she could have made.

She was in the dark again... wondering what for.

The darkness felt like it was suffocating her. She flinched and cried out. She felt like she was falling and then there was a light. She felt herself being pulled towards the light but something kept pulling her down from the white. She fought and struggled against the hands that pulled her down wards. Around her she saw faces of demons she had killed in the past or enemies they had previously encountered and defeated.

They were pulling her downwards to a hel she wanted no part of...

She felt herself running out of breath the more she struggled and then... she felt a hand grip her own and jerk her towards the light.

Kagome's snapped open as she began to cough. She turned on her side, her lungs and throat burning her. She looked through hazy eyes and into the dark violet, black eyes of Kuronue. He was soaked, his hat falling off his head limply. Kuronue leaned down and pat her back and she realized she was naked. She blushed and Kuronue looked away, grabbing one of Mika's bathing yukatas and throwing it over Kagome's body.

"Thank you..." she whispered and then Kuronue exploded, loosing his composure.

"What happened? You could have drowned!" he growled, eyes flashing.

"I was so tired..." she whimpered. Kuronue sighed and nodded his head, understanding her weariness, having been the cause of it.

"Just-just go to bed..." he sighed. "Shippo and Kirara are already in your room, having fallen asleep at the table."

"Thank you." Kagome whispered again, standing quickly. She bowed and then paused, She leaned down and pressed a fleeting kiss to Kuronue's cheek before leaving the bat demon on the floor to steady his heart rate. Kagome hurried down the hall, knowing the white was turning see through. She made it without any mishaps and quickly went into her room.

On her bed, she found Shippo curled up with Kirara. She changed into her sleeping yukata and slipped on a pair of underwear. She sighed, understaning the severity of falling asleep... but she didn't understand the dreams or the extreme exhaustion she felt. her body had undergone worse but this was awful.

She didn't know what was happening...

The jewel did... she didn't know of the magic swirling just above her breast in the small and tiny jewel, preparing her for the hardships that lay ahead, the love she would have to fight for, the war she was about to enter whether she liked it or not. The jewel knew and it was doing it's best to prepare it guardian by feeding her power but by feeding her power it was also draining her by putting a strain on her stores.

The jewel wept for it's guardian, wanting her to be prepapred but never intended to actually be the cause of her near run in with death. It weeped for her pain and her sadness, for love she wanted but couldn't be, for the struggles she went through, and most importantly for the heart that may never heal. Yes, their guardian held herself up with smiles but they were false, and she laughed of course, but those were false too.

Soon she would break.

So as she lied down next to her son and her friend, she wept bitter tears, silent as they soaked the pillow beneath her head and she whimpered from the pain of having her heart shattered once more, the pain of possibly not seeing her family again... the jewel glowed on her breast and wept with her.

Youko lay silently in his bed, the bed that Kagome had so recently occupied. He was curious about the small human whom had come from the bottom of a well. His eyes narrowed and his brow furrowed but then her scent tickled his nose, coming from the side of the bed she had lay on. His eyes fluttered close, her scent soothing him, smelling pleasant unlike most humans of this time.

The door to his room opened and he looked up broke out into a roaring laughter as he spotted the wet bat demon that stood before his room. The bat walked in, grumbling about the "Idiocy of some people". Youko continued his laughter as his friend's hat fell from his head with a loud 'plop' onto the floor. Kuronue closed the door behind him rang out his hair and then picked up his hat and rang it out too.

"Shut up, Youko." he growled but Youko continued laughing, especially when Kuronue's wings sagged. Kuronue narrowed his eyes and then snapped his wings outwards sending water flying in all directions and onto the kitsune before him. Said kitsune yelped and quit laughing immediately, in favor of glaring at his friend.

"What happened?" Youko asked as he wiped the moisture Kuronue promptly snapped onto him.

"Kagome almost drowned." he growled. Youko snapped his towards Kuronue and narrowed his eyes.

"What?" he snarled, lips curling over perfectly white canines.

"She fell asleep in the hot spring." he sighed, wiping his eyes tiredly.

"Is she alright?" Youko asked quickly.

"Yes. She is in her room and should be sleeping as we speak." Kuronue replied as he pulled off his wet garments and set them in the corner. He walked over to Youko and lay his nude form onto the kitsune. Said kitsune shifted into a comfortable position, his tail curling around his friend protectively.

"Are you staying here tonight, old friend?" Youko asked softly as the bat demon's eyes closed slowly. He pulled a seed from his hair and insert some youki inside. The seed grew into a small plant with dark green leaves spotted with white. Youko crushed the small plant in his hands and it crumbled into dust. He blew the dust onto his partners face and it settled around his head, causing him to sleep instantly.

Youko stayed awake awhile longer, contemplating the human. She almost drowned according to Kuronue. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have the human woman around. She seemed to be causing problems already.

A week had passed in the hideout and Kagome and the other new recruits had finished their training. Now it was time to put their newly acquired skills to the test and Kagome was nervous. Youko said if you wee caught then no one would came back and save you, and you were on your own. if some did come back then it would be a miracle in itself.

Kagome during this time developed a small bond between her, Youko, and Kuronue. They ate their meals together, talked late into the nights about nonsense, and they taught her everything they knew. Kagome knew though, that something was very wrong with her. At night her powers would fluctuate, scaring the crap out of Kirara and shippo. The two small demons took to sharing a room with Youko or Kuronue depending on who wanted company.

She feared that something could happen should someone trigger the wrong emotion.

Tonight the group would be stealing from a wealthy human lord that had problems treating his people. Kagome sighed as she was given an outfit much like Youko's but black in color and more tapered to woman's build. The night of the theft, they ran out together, Kirara perched on Kagome's shoulder. Pushing energy into her feet, she was able to keep up surprisingly well with other demons whom had come to respect her.

They broke off into three groups, nervousness etching its way into Kagome's stomach. She was with Youko and Yomi's group. They were to be the ones that actually stole the item they were after, It was apparently the Water Dragon's Eye, a dark blue orb with the ability to allow the person to control water. The silently swept across the Lord's house, which was actually more of a fortress.

Youko's eyes glowed eerily in the moonless night as he used his powers to grow small plants around the compound, targeting their look outs, and putting them into a dreamless slumber. Kagome flinched at the power he had. The moved quickly, Youko knowing exactly where they were going having gotten the blue prints long before. As the moved past several rooms, Kagome felt her heart clench in her chest several times, causing her to fall to her knees. Yomi barely missed stepping on her as she took in silent gasps of air and clenched at her heart.

"What the hell are you doing?" he hissed softly. Kagome couldn't say a word, her lungs restricting and she gasped as another shudder of pain rippled through her body and she squeezed at her chest until blood dripped from her hands. Yomi's eyes widened. Though he bore no love for the woman before him, he respected her. Youko was already gone with thte rest of the group and it was just Yomi and Kagome.

Slowly the pain stopped and Kagome gained back her breath but her body still shuddered. It was then a loud wail pierced the night and Kagome's heart clenched once more. It was the wail of a child and then there was gentle cooing from a mother in the room next to her. Kagome listened silently to the cried of the child.

"Shh... hush my child. It's alright... sleep my child... everything is fine Inuyasha." the voice whispered. The name Inuyasha repeated in her mind and then emotions swirled in her eyes, power sizzling just underneath the skin.

Inuyasha.

Kagome cracked.

Her scream filled the night, her power lighting up the compound in an array of blue, silver, and green.

Dearest Guardian... we are sorry.

KYN: So this chapter is really short but I just wanted to get an update done. Sorry it has taken me so long to update! My muses are detained at this point and time. Please tell me what you thought of the chapter and give me at least twenty reviews! If you haven't checked out my new SessxKag story, please go and take a look at it. It's titled, 'A Demon Lord's Cry'. Thanks for all the previous reviews!