More Power Than You Know

Key

'...' Shuichi

-Italics- Youko

/.../ normal thoughts

"..." speaking

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or YYH in any way, shape, or form. The plot is mine so, no touching.

Prologue

Kagome woke up to the sun pouring through her window. She smiled and sat up to stretch out the sleepy muscles in her back. Her yawn was covered with the back of her hand as she lifted her covers and got out of bed. After a week back in modern Tokyo, Kagome felt fully refreshed and had raised her grades from being barely passing to straight A's with one B in math; but, hey, what can she say, she hated math.

"Kagome! You have a visitor, come down as soon as you're ready!" The slightly muffled voice of her mother came from the foot of the stairs.

She groaned before setting out to get ready for school and the unexpected visitor that she apparently had downstairs.

Inuyasha looked around at the sleeping monk, taijah, the annoying fox kit snuggled close to the fire cat. He noted with satisfaction that they were all peacefully unaware of the world around them. With a smirk on his face, he took off into the woods to find his only love, Kikyo.

He ran a few miles away from the camp and came to a clearing full of flowers where Kikyo stood waiting for him. Her eyes softened as they rested on her love and a small smile graced her face, making her appear even more beautiful.

"Kagome is gone for a few more days, I think that she called it a 'week', but anyways, it is barely important. Although, you will have to continue to pretend that you hate her again and I will have to be close to her." Inuyasha sighed and bowed his head slightly. "Kikyo, why do we have to hide our love? Why can't I tell Kagome that she is only a good friend to me and nothing more?" He looked into the eyes of his future mate, wholly confused by the front that they had for everyone else to see.

Kikyo's smile turned sad and she placed her hands on either side of her love's face. "Because she would no longer come back, we must be patient until the jewel is complete and you can make your wish to have me re-born with a new soul so that Kagome won't die if I am fully resurrected." The woman paused and looked off to the side. "You know that I will love you even without my old soul, Inuyasha."

A warm hand lifted Kikyo's chin so that she could look into his eyes. "I know, Kikyo, and I will love you too, always, don't ever doubt that." He spoke with an undertone of command that quickly comforted her; she sighed in contentment and wrapped her arms around her love.

"Inuyasha, if you believe that she will accept it, then you may tell her. I don't want you to be weighted down with doubts. I love you Inuyasha." Kikyo stated while snuggling closer to his warmth.

He smiled and nodded his head before bending close to her ear and whispering in a low growling voice, "I love you, Kikyo."

They both didn't notice the glowing golden eyes that watched them and heard their every spoken word. There was no sound as the person turned away and sped off into the still night.

Kagome hopped into her socks before coming down the stairs with her trusty yellow backpack. She came to the hall and narrowly dodged Souta as he rushed out the door for school while throwing his greetings to his sister over his shoulder.

She chuckled at her brother's antics and set down her backpack in the entrance before heading down the hall and looking into the sitting room and living room as she passed them, looking for the visitor before continuing into the kitchen to find her mom.

"Mom, did you say that I had a visitor? Where are they?" Kagome asked as she walked into the kitchen only to see her mother handing a cup of tea to the visitor.

"Oh." Was all Kagome could manage while looking at her visitor.

He was tall, with long beautiful red hair and sparkling green eyes that were currently looking her over with a slight touch of amusement. Then it hit her. Shuichi Minamino was sitting in her kitchen, waiting on her, and drinking tea with her mother. The most popular boy in her high school was in her home.

She blushed prettily and bowed slightly in greeting to her upperclassman. "Hello, Minamino. Is there anything that I can help you with?" She asked after she straightened from her bow. Her face was now composed and she smiled at him in a welcoming way.

Shuichi smirked and bowed his head to Kagome in return. "Greetings Kagome. And yes there is." He stated and motioned for her to take the seat next to him.

Kagome fought the blush and sat next to him. Her mother looked at them both and smiled before leaving to give them some privacy while secretly hoping that there would be grandchildren in the near future, Inuyasha just hadn't been the easiest for her daughter to get along with.

Minamino cleared his throat and motioned in the direction Kagome's mom had taken. "I was just telling your mother that the principle, the teachers, and the student advisory board have had a meeting that involves you." He paused and watched Kagome closely.

"It would seem that you are to be moved up to my grade level after the improvement of your grades. They had been thinking of this for some time now and I have been sent here to ask if you would accept the offer." He smirked as he noticed a faint blush steal across her cheeks.

Kagome was floored. /They want me moved up a level...and have for a while now...They sent the cutest guy in school to ask me? What do I say, other than YES!?!/

She looked up at the ceiling before turning back to Shuichi. "Is there a catch, a probationary period, perhaps, that will either keep me there if I do well or will send me back to my current level if I do poorly?" Kagome asked even as she was mentally yelling at herself. /Wait! What did I say!?! Why am I asking this? Stupid, say yes!!!!/

Shuichi was having an argument with Youko even as he was explaining the short list of conditions. 'She suspects something is up!' -Don't be stupid, of course, she doesn't. Look at her eyes; she trusts you and she'll say yes. The mission will be complete soon. - 'But what if she doesn't?'

-Hush, she is asking something else.-

Kagome listened to his explanation before she noticed something. "I would have to take the same classes as you?" She asked and noticed that Minamino appeared absorbed within himself before he snapped back to focus on her question.

"Yes, it is partially their way for looking over your shoulder to see if you are cheating or not." He joked and Kagome laughed enjoying his humor.

Youko gave Shuichi a mental push to ask her again if she would accept the offer and Kagome felt a rise of youkai come from the man sitting next to her. Alarm bells went off and she barely even stiffened when she got the alert, she kept her laughing eyes and smile placed firmly while she started to mentally process the information on a deeper level. /He wanted to be close to me so that he could...what? Watch me? It is a possibility...Hmm, I will accept the offer and keep a close eye on him and just be prepared if, or when, anything happens./ She nodded mentally to herself.

Kagome nodded her head while a few tears came to her eyes. "Well, I accept the offer. Thank you Shuichi." She said with enthusiasm as she gently hugged him. One tear fell from her face and splashed on his neck as he, to, wrapped his arms around her in a small hug.

They pulled away and smiled at each other before he offered Kagome a ride in his car to school; anyways they would need to go to the office together to get her new schedule for class. As they called out their good byes to her mother and grandfather, who were outside sweeping the steps to the shrine and generally keeping the shrine clean, Kagome smiled to herself.

The tear was actually laced with a touch of her power and she had read an old book on miko powers that had laid out the steps to allow it to be possible to track an individual, even a youkai, with just a teardrop. She was now connected to him through her power and would feel changes in his emotions as well as his constant location. She had tested it out on Inuyasha and it had worked like a charm so she had established the connection with the others in her group without any of them being the wiser.

Koenma tapped his fingers against his desk while Botan nervously stood next to him watching his reaction to the latest news concerning the girl that Kurama had been sent to watch over.

"Koenma? Are you all right? Can I get you something, like water?" Botan asked as she took a small step away from her boss.

The teen-aged ruler sucked on his pacifier before turning to Botan and looking her over with a calm that surprised her. "Not at the moment Botan thank you. But I would like it if you would gather the team once Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara are out of school don't forget Hiei is training in the mountains again so you might want to look for him last since he'll be the hardest." He said and sat back in his chair and crossed his arms before him deep in thought.

Botan nodded in understanding to his orders and excused herself as soon as possible so that she could contact the team and give them a heads up on the situation.

Sesshoumaru returned to his watching place beside the well where the mysterious miko always appeared and waited once more for her arrival. He had a feeling that the miko would want to know all that had happened in her absence. It was not that he wanted to see her or smell her wonderful scent but it was that...oh, who was he kidding, he just wanted to see the vixen before Inuyasha ripped out her heart, to give her some sort of warning.

He would never admit it aloud where anyone could hear but Sesshoumaru had grown fond of the miko. She wasn't really human when you thought about it, since miko's were their own mystical breed just like demons they could interbreed with humans and demons alike. But it required a very unique miko to melt the ice from around a certain Lord of the Western Lands. So, he waited, like he had been for several days without the miko's friends and Inuyasha finding out.

It wasn't quite safe to have Rin with him so she had stayed in Jaken's company back at his palace. As Sesshoumaru was absorbed in his thoughts he felt the prickling of a familiar demon, one that had made his name being a thief... Youko. The lord repressed a sigh and remained standing head still bent staring at the unchanging well.

"Long time no see, ice block." Came the greeting from Youko and Sesshoumaru tried to hold in his undignified snort.

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