Chapter 1

Jin flew high in the sky and on his way down he sensed a new presence on the ground below. He came five feet from the ground where he then continued on towards the source and then gave him self more space from ground and soon found a bloody form on the ground. He thought for a while that it was a lower class demon but what triggered him to come was that it wasn't a demon, the energy was opposite of that.

"Miko?" He had thought they died out after the border was placed. Perhaps he was wrong. This was most definitely pure energy coming off of the female but it didn't feel very threatening.

He floated down cross-legged to get a better peek and was currently about 3 feet from her but all he could make out was bloody clothes and a black mass of hair.

"Well isn't she just a wee one. A miko in the demon world testing the fates in a condition such as that." (I am so sry that jin sounds abnormal but if you guys can help me out with this character it would be great, he seems irish or something and that an accent i don't know well. So please help me!!)

Chu came out of the shrubs stumbling and looked at Jin to the miko and back again. "Don't suppose we should help her out and get her back to Ningenkai. The lassy will get her self killed if she stays here a might longer."

Chu picked her up as gently as he could and they walked off. Her hair fell away from her face and they studied her intently. Her eyes fluttered open a little and could see the blue eyes beneath them that are so much different from other humans that they have encountered. She gazed at him with barely focused eyes and he felt her read his aura and then went back to her darkened state of unconciousness.

Jin smirked as he felt her reading there auras. They had no bad intention, so he figured that would be the reason why she did not try to purify them. They disappeared into the darkness of the forest with there destination in mind.

Touya was currently having a spar with Hiei when they felt the three. Hiei went on his guard immediately when sensing the miko energy though it was diminishing quite steadily. He studied the female figure that Chu was holding.

He gripped his katana tighter in case he needed to prevent an attack from the miko but he realised she was unconcious. While he studied the female that Chu set on the ground he missed the look that Chu and Jin sent Touya. Touya's eyes widened before he gave a slight nod that he understood.

While Hiei continued to study the miko they saw the confusion in his features. "How did you find her?" He couldn't understand how she got here. "The last time I had seen this miko it was 500 hundred years ago and the jewel was incomplete and her way home was destroyed." He bent down pulled out a chain with a jewel laying innocently on her chest. She wore a miko garb but also held a yellow bag in her arms.

Hiei went and dumped the bag on the ground and grabbed the first aid kit. He knew the others had questions but he didn't feel like he needed to explain any of there history or hers. He grabbed the bandages and glared at the others. They got the hint and turned around while he went through the process of bandaging her but found the wounds mostly healed. He burned the haori and then not so carefully threw things back in the bag and stood up.

"Idiot onna never could stay out of trouble." They took that as a sign to turn around and looked at her curiously and found her bandaged up from just above the belly button up to where just a little bit of cleavage showed.

Touya took the distraction and grabbed the communicator from an unsuspecting Hiei and tossed it to Jin who almost found him self at the sharp end of the blade. He jumped in the air and began fiddling around with it like some kind of game when Botan's cheery face appeared and scared him into dropping it so Chu grabbed it smiled at Botan.

"Hi ya sweet heart. Were in a bit of trouble and it would be great if you could send the lad Yusuke over to our location, it would save us a bunch." Chu spoke trying to not have to explain the reason why he has a communicator in the first place. He almost got past that question till Botan looked at him confused.

"Uh, Chu, may I ask why you have Hiei's communicator? What is the problem anyways, it doesn't sound like theres fighting there?"

Chu sighed. "I can explain once he gets here, we got a lassy here that should not be here and her energy is attracting a bunch so it would be great if Yusuke could come and releive us of her so we don't have to worry about the attention were getting."

Botan looked stumped then sad. "I don't think Yusuke would be up to seeing another female. Keiko canceled the engagement. I'll get him, it might do him some good to get his mind off Keiko with a little fighting." The screen went black and they all sighed and Hiei received his communicator after glaring at them all. Not to long after, demons in Makai began to surround them on the outskirts of the clearing they been talking in. Soon after they attacked, a portal opened and Yusuke stepped out and cracked his knuckles.

He tried to determine the reason why all the demons were so determined to attack Chu's gang and Hiei. That was until he almost tripped over it and saw a girl bandaged up wearing a jewel that contained power. He raised a brow and noticed her energy also. If he had the time he would have demanded some answers but as it was he needed to help defeat these demons.

He pulled the trigger on his spirit gun into a group of demons and charger at them with his fists charged with spirit energy. As it was, more and more demons just kept coming so he ordered Botan to come and get the girl and open a portal for them.

Botan ws there a few seconds later. Chu scooped up the miko and they all jumped into the portal that landed them outside of Yusuke's apartment. Yusuke led them all inside and then turned a glare at them once the door was shut.

"What the hell is going on?" They all sort of scratched there heads while Hiei was his usual self and said 'Hn' and feigned disinterest though he was just as curious. Botan shrugged. Chu decided he better start explaining and explain he did.

"..and thats when we grabbed his communicator so the lassy didn't end up in reikai jail..." Yusuke stretched and rubbed his temples and looked at the girl that was currently resting on his bed. He watched Botan approach her and look curiously at the jewel and then her eyes widened and she stumbled backwards waving her arms frantically. She lost her balance and fell on her bum while looking wide eyed at the figure laying innocently on the bed. "She is supposed to be dead! But how! She can't be alive, it was recorded that she had been pronounced dead. The final battle was supposed to be her and Naraku's death! Oh no oh no, Koenma is going to kill me, oh no, how do I explain her being alive and well back in her time. Oh god, maybe I am supposed to send her soul on to the next life, yeah thats it, I'm supposed to kill her myself, OMG!-" Botan's ranting was cut short by Yusuke who jumped between Botan and the unconcious miko with his arms crossed.

"Your not killing anyone. The records were probably wrong now tell me why she is supposed to be dead and how she ended up in the demon world. If anything, she probably would have died there. As we can see she is alive and is going to live."

Botan sighed and tried to explain to them. "This is Higurashi Kagome, the last miko since the feudal era and strongest pure miko since Midoriko. She is the guardian of the jewel, her energy and the jewel are what attracted all the demons. The Shikon No Tama and herself were supposed to disappear out of existence, not reappear here, or much less the demon world where word will get out that the jewel is back. The final battle must have just occurred 500 years in the past where she was supposed to defeat an evil hanyou known as Naraku. The story is long and a bit complicated but she was recorded to have disappeared in the final blast. No one ever thought the jewel or some other force would take her back to her time where she would go back to being a normal human girl though she is far from that. She is in a way like you Yusuke. She planned to stay in the past since she sacrificed her life here to help collect the shards of the jewel. She would have had a hard time making a life in this time, not to mention find happiness when she believes demons had died out like miko's and priests. In the feudal era she could have fit in with the knowledge that she may live a solitary life but still do what she knows to do and protect the ones in need of her protection. Here, she would live a lonely life with only her family knowing that she has a double life and isn't actually sick all the time."

Yusuke looked at the girl with a new found respect. There similarities were great and just from what Botan said, he knew the girl would never be happy going back to a lifestyle similar to what Keiko wished of him. He began to wonder if she loves to fight as much as he does. From her toned muscles he could tell she was definitely in good shape but doubted she did any hand to hand combat.

Everyone focused there eyes on the jewel when it began to pulse, it then flashed. There eyes widened as it hovered over her skin free of the necklace and then it flew to the spot of a scar of what looked like something coming out of her and then it plunged back into her skin. She gasped in pain but soon it was gone and the skin healed over fully. Only energy traces would be of any evidence that the jewel was once on the necklace, outside of her body.

"Well we better be going seeing how these guys are not supposed to be in Ningenkai in the first place and I should report back to Koenma. Hmm, I wonder." She brought out a file like book labeled, Higurashi Kagome. She read a few known facts like her age gender and then read a little bit about the beginning of her journey where she shut her mouth.

Yusuke grabbed the file from her hands and sat down on the edge of the bed. The group leaned over and read her history with him, all clearly interested in the girl behind them, unconcious on the bed. They skipped through some and looked at the sketches of enemies and allies. They looked at the sketch of Kagome and compared it to the miko Kikyo that she was reincarnated from and then found a sketch of Midoriko, the creator of the jewel and read the legend of it. By the time they finished and read about the final battle, they had then found blank pages where it recorded right up to them being on the bed reading her record, Anime Fall. They all had sweat drops on there heads as they watched that also appear and they all fell over again. Botan used this to her advantage and snapped the book closed.

"So what are we doing with her?" Yusuke questioned. He looked at his clock noticing it very late in the day and his stomach growling in hunger.

Botan stuttered out, "Well, um, I was hoping you could watch over her seeing how i still have work to do and I'm not certain if I can find any one else more suitable for the job. Since you and Keiko broke up then I thought it might be a great idea for you to get some excitement back in your life and then you can be her protector here ansd she won't be alone and miserable ansd neither will. I mean you would make a great couple and, whoops, did that slip out, i mean, we gotta run! Bye Yusuke!" She hurriedly made a portal and scooted the group in and left a fuming screaming Yusuke who failed to drag her back out.

Yusuke sighed and sat on the bed running his hand through his hair as he tried to figure out what he wanted to do next. He glanced at the girl who shifted in her sleep. "Might as well take a shower before mom gets home and finds out I was fighting demons again."

Kagome struggled to stay asleep but when she heard a door open and close and the sounds of someone taking a shower she decided to let curiousity get the best of her and when she heard foot steps end at the room she was in she decided to open her eyes. Her eyes were bleary and found that it was steadily getting dark outside. She turned head to see a younger middle aged woman looking at her in shock. Kagome sensed demonic energy in the shower but not anywhere nearby and when she checked for the jewel she panicked. She bolted up straight grabbijng at the necklace lacking of the jewel and then bent over in pain clutching her abdomen.

Atsuko looked at the badaged up girl on her son's bed. At first she thought wrong until the girl seemed to panick looking for something and then when her groans of pain came she noticed blood coming through the bandaging as the girl desperately tried to fend it off. She approached the girl who stiffened a little. She then pointed to the yellow book bag. Not wanting to waste any time I gave her the bag and watched her pull out a first aid box. 'Who is this girl, for her to have to bring a first aid kit she must get hurt often.'

I stopped her actions and sighed. I hadn't ever been one to do these things but the girl was in enough pain so i might as well help her with bandaging and try to find out why she is sleeping in my son's bed, that is if she even knows.

Once I could stand the pain enough to speak I asked the woman behind me that was currently re-applying bandages to my wounds. "Where am I and who are you?"

"Thats a good question. I am Atsuko and you are in my home." She answered.

"I suppose you wouldn't know how I ended up here?" Kagome looked over her shoulder to watch her shake her head. "Then why is there a demon taking a shower in your home?" The woman paused a second before continuing.

"Thats my son, I'm sure he knows the answers to our questions." She watched the girl nod her head in understanding. She finished her bandaging and was just beginning to clean them up when Yusuke stepped out, only clad in jeans and no top, hair natural and a bit moist still from the water.

Yusuke looked up noticing the girl awake and his mother cleaning up bloody bandages. The girl blushed and tried to cover her chest while looking at him wearily. His mother watching humorously and then turned to Yusuke and was about to walk past her when she whispered for his ears only, "I like her, good choice."

Yusuke's face turned red and scowled at his mother's retreating form. He sighed and decided to explain a few things, hoping she doesn't go and try to purify him. He walked until he could lean in his doorway and regard her with a serious face.

"I guess I should explain a few things seeing how you had been unconcious for who knows how long and here at my home since mid-morning." He continued on and told her how she was found and skipped a few details like the reason behind not taking her to his boss.

"I don't understand why it didn't just take me home, unless it transported me to that exact spot 500 years in the future. Thats the only thing I can think about unless I have some kind of quest in this demon world." She put a finger to her chin in a gesture of thinking but then shrugged and gave him a bright smile. "Well thank you for everything you have done for me. I hope I wasn't a pest."

He watched her move to get off the bed and leave he guessed but he put his arm out and Kagome looked at him a little wearily and then he brought his hand down and tugged on the bandages. She blushed prettily and then more so when her stomach growled and then his also. He smirked at her which made the already present blush get deeper. 'I think Botan is right. I like this girl already.' He then turned quickly and caught the clothes his mother threw at him.

"I'm a bit too tall for you to wear any of my other pants but the skirt should be fine. Yusuke, take her out to eat before the poor girl starves her self." He heard his mother say.

He handed her the clothing and heard her cough when he hadn't left, he grinned and stepped out of the room bringing the door with him. Kagome quickly changed using her bandages as a somewhat excuse for a bra under the button up snug shirt and put on a dark gray vest with an equally dark gry pleaded skirt and wore the sandals without the socks. She ran her fingers through her hair used a strip of cloth bandage to tie her up.

She opened the door and found Yusuke with a black button down shirt with the cuffs rolled up to the upper forearm and the shirt slightly showing his chest and now had brown shoes on, hair gelled back. Most people would label him a punk but she knew he was just putting on a tough guy look and grateful that he is like that since she knows how to deal with guys like him and from what little time she has known him, she knew he was also a sweetheart.

He watched her smile with a light blush staining her cheeks when he realised that she noticed him checking her out. He smirked at her and then stuffed his hands in his pocket and lead the way out the door. He checked behind him to make sure she wasn't in any kind of pain and then opened the door and waited till she had gone through so he could lock it behind him. He also wanted to get a look at her butt.

He then went back to stuffing his hands in his pockets and joined Kagome on there walk to a ramen shop, but not the one Keiko's parents own. Its the one he works at since he gave the other shop to Keiko when they split.

Kagome looked around noticing that she was in and unfamiliar part of Tokyo (It doesn't say where YuYu Hakusho is based in Japan so its going to be Tokyo). She watched people curiously as they went about there business. She wondered how long she had been gone from home and how far away she was. She looked at Yusuke and he told her today's date and where abouts in the city he lived and watched her eyes grow big in shock.

"I have been gone for over a year! At least I finished high school, though I haven't figured out how I passed." Yusuke smirked at gaining the knowledge that it was another thing they had in common. "So we're by Sarayashiki Junior High then. Is that where you attended school?" She watched him nod to her question. He then stopped in front of a small restaurant opened the door for her.

They sat down in a small private corner while Yusuke ordered there food. He told her about his life since it was only fair that he had invaded on her private history. He even found him self talking about Keiko though it still hurt a bit, he found that he felt quite relieved that he had told someone and inwardly wondered if it was because of Kagome. There food arrived and he ate and continued on with his story making sure no one else could hear them.

Soon it was dark outside and the lights were on. Yusuke and Kagome were both sharing stories and Yusuke liked hearing it from her. It showed that she trust him enough to share this and he found her quite amusing. They laughed for a while and soon they noticed the shop was closing. Yusuke paid the bill and got a wink from his boss and smirked a little, trying to cover up his blush.

They were currently walking around Yusuke's neighborhood headed more towards downtown. The neighborhood was still rough and there were a lot of dark alley ways making it a bit spooky. Kagome walked a little closer to Yusuke unconciously but he noticed and put and arm around her shoulders. She looked up at him with a small smile and another light blush. He smiled a little. He turned his head towards some noise down the alley across the street.

"Please I gave you the money I owe you, why can't you let me go. I even gave you ten extra!" A panicky male voice said frantically. Yusuke approached the gang leaving Kagome at the entrance of the alley. 'That voice sounds familiar.' Sure enough he recognised the young man and Yusuke, to make his entrance known he cracked his knuckles knowing he gained there attention and without a second to waste he charged at them with his fists ready.

Unlucky for Kagome, the men noticed her when a couple began to flee and with Yusuke and the other guy surrounded, she was left with only her self as a defense. She heard Yusuke talk to the boy and realised he knew him.

"So Mitarai, long time no see. I guess I'm bound to be saving your ass again." The boy laughed nervously and shrugged while he scratched the back of his head. The men closed in on them, trying to keep them distracted from the girl he left defensless.

Yusuke did a round house kick and began punching the dudes when he jerked his head at a scream from Kagome and found her struggling between the two guys that slipped away. He tried to fight his way over to but the guys kept getting in his way. He finally roughly shoved a guy into the wall while 'Sea man' chucked a brick at the dudes head. Yusuke approached the guys and realised Kagome's main defense was her purifying powers and a bow and arrow. He cursed at himself for forgetting that he had already determined that she didn't know hand to hand combat.

He watched one guy tug on her skirt while the other broke off a pipe from the building next to them. He smirked as Kagome bit harshly into one of the guys arms and almost got him in the crotch but hit his thigh instead. He tightened his fists as the guy roughly shoved her down on her hands and knees facing him and crouched over her back while gripping her hair painfully tight.

"Yusuke Urameshi, I believe we have a score to settle from the old days. Been a while since you were that punk kid. Now how should I settle this. I could bash in this pretty little face. A beautiful woman, I could never understand how you managed to attract good looking girls like her self and Keiko when you have such a bad reputation. These pretty girls should learn to date better guys than ones like ourselves." He chuckled.

"Yusuke isn't anything like you, you jerk!" Kagome yelled at him and felt the pipe hit the side of her ribs, cracking one. If these guys were demons then they would have been purified but they are not, they are disgusting human men that she could do little harm to. She winced but would not give him the satisfaction of hearing how much it really hurt since she was already wounded to begin with. She healed faster than most but not as fast as a demon.

Yusuke's jaw clenched tightly as he stood there trembling in anger watching the pain course through Kagome's eyes. Out of no where an oar hit the back of the head of the guy holding Kagome down. Yusuke used this chance to tackle the guy with the pipe while Kagome struggled to get out of the hold of the other guy who had quickly gained his bearings and was steadily dragging Kagome away.

Yusuke knocked the guy out quickly and signaled to Botan and Mitarai to keep a hold of things. He then took off down the alley way approaching the thug that now had Kagome slung over his shoulder and her beating and kicking him, trying to get free. Yusuke grabbed ahold of one of her wrists and as the guy turned around he kicked him hard in the stomach while tugging Kagome into his hold as she fell to her feet.

Yusuke held her to him while he gained his breath. He rested his chin on top of her head as he finally regained his breath and settled his adrenaline. He felt Kagome move her head to look up at him. She gave him a grateful smile. He looked down at her with a smirk and moved some hair away from her eyes. She blushed and he wondered how many times in a day can he make her blush. He felt her grab his hand and then move to walk by him, taking him with her. When they got back to Botan and Mitarai, they had just knocked some guys out again.

Botan winked at Mitarai as she pointed out the closeness of the two and the clasped hands. When they noticed what was going, they quickly separated with blushes on both faces while Kagome clasped her hands behind her back, looking at the building as if the bricks were interesting while Yusuke whistled and laughed a little while he scratched the back of his head. They both soon noticed the other two leaving and then looked at eachother and blushed while they chased after the other two that were currently running now. Yusuke grabbed Kagome's hand again and pulled her closer to him while giving her grin before turning to look back ahead of them.

That night when they got back to his place they were tired out and Kagome noticed her wounds were almost fully healed. She smiled to her self. Yusuke realised his mom had left to go out drinking again but didn't comment on it. Yusuke turned the tv on and grabbed a few blankets while Kagome changed her bandages and got comfy. He had tossed her one of his shirts and sweat pants. When she got done he had already fixed them a snack and grabbed them some cola while he surfed the channels and dug out blankets.

He couldn't help the pride he felt when she came out wearing his clothes. She had rinsed off in the shower before re-doing her bandages. Her chest was still bound thanks to the jerk that hit her with the pipe but all in all she was healing really good. He pulled her down to the floor once she was in grabbing distance and began tickling her mercilessly, while being careful of her wounds.

Soon she was red as a tomato and he was pointing and laughing while she launched her own attack on him but he soon pinned her underneath him, grinning all the way. He couldn't help but think it seems that he has known her his whole life though had only met less than 24 hours ago and now he realized what he has been missing this entire time. He has been missing Kagome, a girl who accepted him for his strengths and weaknesses and even shared some of his flaws. The girl who he knew already that the could live with happily, knowing she wouldn't make him sacrifice what he loves because she does too. She may only do it as a need to protect but the wild look in her eyes is all the same.

He rested on his elbows and smirked down at her. She panted a little underneath him and he couldn't but think how appealing she looked all flush, out of breath and don't forget the best one yet, she is underneath him. She then blushed as she noticed the intimate position they currently are in and that made him grin all the more.

He got off of her but brought her along with him and planted her in his lap, well aware of the blush that threatened to expand. He rested his arms around her and leaned back against the wall as he scrolled through the channels and found a popular movie hoping Kagome would like it since it has a lot of action in it.

Yusuke woke up from his position against the wall and noticed he had drifted to sleep. He looked around the room wondering what could have woken him up. He looked down at the girl snuggled in to his chest. He stretched and then carefully lowered them down to the mass of blankets and straightened them out to wrap them around eachother. The moon and street lights brought light into the dark room and he found him self thinking of a future with the miko. He knew he was getting attached to her rather quickly but he couldn't help it. She is easy to get attached to with her caring personality, her similar but not so similar background, her gourgeous body and heart warming smile.

He smiled at the thought of sharing his life with her. Then the thought of her not feeling the same had pushed its way into his mind unbidden. He shook his head free of the thought. He knew it was early on in there relationship so he shouldn't push it but it was hard not to with a girl like Kagome. He knew that she no longer had a love interest and he felt very tempted to take a look in that book on her and see if he had a chance with her. No, he decided, he would do this the hard way. He watched her breathing steadily. As long as they both shall live he would do his best to protect her. Though it was already his job, he knew it didn't need to be ordered because he already accepted it him self.

He felt something at the edge of his senses and scanned the rooftops of the buildings from what he could see. He couldn't determine if it was a threat or not and that unsettled. He moved to get up and made sure not to disturb Kagome. He went to one of the windows, careful not to give him self away and keep his aura the same so they thought him asleep. He couldn't see whatever it was and that unsettled him further.

He heard movement behind him and found Kagome waking. "Yusuke, something wrong?" She looked at him with tired eyes as she tried to rub the sleep away rather cutely. "Do you sense that Kagome?" He watched her focus for a sec then nod. "Just barely." He nodded in understanding, whoever was out there wanted to remain a mystery for now and is circling them just at the edge of there sensing range. Yusuke didn't want to deal with it yet. He walked back to Kagome and lay back down with her, wrapping his arms around in a mildly posessive gesture. He lay back down and feigned sleep though him and Kagome both knew he was just exanding his senses and even then he had a hard time determining who it was but could now tell they were doing it on purpose to piss him off and keep him on edge and they were doing a good job at it.

He made sure Kagome got her rest and figured it was easier for her since she was used to being in constant danger from the days that human and demon roamed this land free of restrictions at one time. He felt the jerk leave near sunrise and disappear entirely from his senses. He relaxed a little and brought Kagome closer to his chest, more for himself than her. He knew he could get used to sleeping with her in his arms and then waking to her and pretty much anything.

A couple hours later Yusuke awoke to smelling something cooking and that really had him puzzled. Yesterday filled his head with memories and then he felt for Kagome and found her spot cold, no trace of warmth and for a second he panicked thinking it only a dream until he walked out to the kitchen and found her cooking up a storm that instantly had him drooling. Kagome turned around and caught this, she began giggling at his expense but he only scowled at her.

Soon he had the living room cleaned up with no sign they slept there so his mother didn't start badgering him. He sat at the counter, content with watching her cook and hum to her self. He knew he must have looked like a love sick fool but he didn't care at that moment. He was in the privacy of his home where no one would know that 'the great Urameshi' had fallen in love with girl that he had yet to know for a full 24 hours yet. Yep, he fell hard and he refused to get up, he rather liked it down here.

Atsuko opened and closed the door to the smell of great cooking. Curious she looked in the kitchen and found a love sick Yusuke gazing at Kagome who was cooking up a storm and humming happily to her self, completely unaware of the dreamy look Yusuke wore. She sighed and shook her head. 'He wasn't even like this with Keiko and they were going to get engaged after knowing eachother since childhood. This girl had appeared in our lives yesterday and already she has made this home friendlier with out even trying.'

She wasn't blind to the wild look in the girls eyes. Botan stopped by and filled her in on the girl so she doesn't need to be suspicious of her. She reassured her that this is the kind of impact she has on everyone and gave her some examples. She knew the girl has her own demons to fight but apparently does well at doing so. She smiled and hoped that maybe she would be the one to make them a happy family. She knew she was never a very good mother to Yusuke and many times she had not been there for him but right now, she was going to make sure that Yusuke finally got the girl he deserves and her target is Kagome and will remain that way.

Surprisingly she had not been drinking last night. She had looked up Kagome's last night and found out that she lives on a shrine with her grandfather, mother and brother, plus the cat Buyo. She had stayed the night there and got to see pictures of Kagome from when she was a baby and all through her years of school. The mothers were open about there children's double lives and she even viewed pictures of her allies and friends from the past.

Her mother had tears of joy after finding out that her daughter is alive and doing well. Atsuko knew she would have liked to see her daughter right then but was glad to hear that Kagome finally found real friends in this time that can compare to her double lives. People she did not need to hold secrets from and actually be her self with.

After a long talkative dinner she almost begged Atsuko to stay over night and they both agreed to keep her coming to the house a secret. It was agreed that Atsuko would only tell Kagome that she had notified her mom that she is alive and well so her mother did not need to worry as much. Atsuko decided to join Kagome in the kitchen and help dish out the food and bring Yusuke back down to earth before he made a fool of himself.

The day went by nicely and Kagome was very grateful for the news of her mother knowing she is alive. She admitted she felt very guilty that her mother did not know as soon as she got home like usual but Atsuko told her that her mother understood that it was under different circumstances. Atsuko mentioned that her mother invited them over to eat oden and she remembered Mrs. Higurashi warning her about oden but she was a bit of a risk taker. She watched Kagome's eyes widen in excitement and then began some cheer she made up about oden and then look off in space dreamily, still thinking of oden.

Atsuko was right, Kagome had pulled them together as a family and taught them card games from the past she often played and soon Kagome was losing her winning streak to her and Yusuke. Atsuko gave her another pair of clothes for Kagome to slip into while they got ready to leave and she made sure Yusuke dressed for dinner tonight and put some more effort on her self than normal. The mothers already decided that they were going to go out that night and leave the kids to there own devices.

Mrs. Higurashi, though not as wild as her self, had not been dancing for a while now and used to be a great dancer back in her days. There age difference was very slight and Atsuko got her to agree to go dancing with her tonight. She grinned and packed an extra sets of clothes so she knew what to wear, determining on what Kagome's mother wore so neither out-shined the other.

Magenta eyes watched them go about there day and had watched Yusuke protect the female posessively through the night. He knew about the jewel and found out a little information on the girl. She would be a powerful ally for Yusuke. He no longer cared if humans lived or die. He knew that he would not like seeing his family die. He watched Yusuke become attached to the girl instantly. He had hid himself all day. He had been watching Yusuke for over a week. He noticed the girl Keiko is out of his life and his now greatest weakness would be the new girl.

He would find a way tosettle his score with Yusuke. He knew that most of his options evolved around the girl that was currently taking the bandages off of her healed wounds. He smirked. He felt the energy coming off of her and could hear her talking with Yusuke's mother as they prepared to leave. He smirked one more time before turning and walking to the other end of the building as he formulated a plan.

The day went by and soon they were at the top of the steps to the shrine. She witnessed Buyo running off with some trinket while her grandfather chased after the fat cat. Souta was kicking his soccer ball as usual while her mother busied her self using the broom to sweep dust out of the house. Her mother looked up wiping sweat from her eyes and then her hand fell limply to the side at the sight of her daughter whom she had not seen in over a year. She dropped the broom and soon found her self trying to keep her balance as Kagome nearly hugged her to death. They promised to speak later and not make there guests feel out of place.

Kagome did another oden chant and tried to not eat greedily and scare away there guests but unknown to her, they found it quite amusing and were not affended in the least. Kagome soon led Yusuke around the house showing him around and then showing him the well house and the Goshinboku. She then found her self a bit tuckered out with all the excitement in the last few days.

Yusuke and Kagome learned of there mother's plans and found out that Shizuru will be accompanying them also. Kagome fell asleep on the couch while they (including Souta) watched some popular anime. Yusuke picked her up at the end of the show and carried her to her bed after saying goodnight to her little brother Souta. He tucked her in and then wandered around the room looking at pictures that the kit drew of her and the others. He found them quite amusing with all the comical violence and arguments displayed. He looked at photos of her friends in the past and caught him self holding back laughter at a few that seemed to be displayed in the kits pics too but knew it was something that often occurred.

He walked around the shrine's grounds for a while before settling for bed also. He sat at the end of her bed for a while slouched over lightly resting after remembering what occurred the night before. He soon drifted off to sleep and fell over landing right next to Kagome on bed. That is how the mothers found them once they arrived home.

The next morning came and Yusuke found his communicator going off. He picked it up tiredly and yawned as he opened up the screen to see Koenma. "What ya want toddler?" Steam blew from Koenma's ears but he decided ignore it for now.

"Yusuke I need you hear right now, its urgent." Yusuke groaned.

"Can't you see I'm busy today. I'm supposed to protect Kagome and me leaving her alone is not going to help me any with protecting her."

"Forget that for right now and come here." Unknown to them, Kagome was listening.

"Ya well you may say I don't need to do so but I'm going to stay here and protect her no matter if you demand me to do so again or not. Its my own personal mission."

"Yusuke! She is going to need a lot more protecting if you don't get hear. The demons in makai are trying to collapse the barrier and get into the human world. There after the jewel now hurry up. Everyone is waiting on you." Koenma cut the communication and Yusuke swore.

He studied Kagome and lay his hand on her shoulder before he sighed and got up. He walked to her desk and left her a note letting her know why he had left. He bent down and brushed the hair from her eyes before placing a kiss on her cheek and then leaving once he was fully dressed. Botan appeared and he walked through the portal ready to fight if it would keep Kagome safe a little longer.

Kagome sat up on her bed holding her cheek while thinking about what she had heard. 'Does Yusuke truly have feelings for me? He kissed my cheek too and he was so concerned for me.' She got up to read the note finding only truth on it. 'He even trusted me enough to tell me the truth. He left so he can fight off the demons trying to escape makai so they can get the jewel when it is already dormant.

She sighed as she put a hand to her heart and looked out the window at the new day. She decided to pass time she would go shopping for groceries and bandages since Yusuke might come back injured still. She washed up and got dress in a dark blue pleaded skirt with a white spaghetti strap outlined in a similar dark blue. She slipped on some white shoes, grabbed her white purse and left the house with a note on the door. She walked around town for a while and took out a dark blue ribbon and tied her hair up. She walked to the beach and sat in the sand for a while before she began to catch up with time knowing some how that if she wasn't back before Yusuke then he would worry. She went to pharmacy and stocked up on supplies first and then left for the grocery store though this was more out of habit than need but she wanted to show her appreciation by doing something useful.

As she left the store she accidentally bumped into a guy and dropped all of her bags. "I'm very sorry, I should have been paying more attention to where I was going." She spoke and busied her self with placing her belongings back into the bag when two hands came down to help. Once they were done the man stood up and lent her his hand and grabbed a few of her bags.

"Don't worry it was entirely my fault Ms.-" Kagome blushed prettily and looked into his magenta eyes noticing the odd coloring, but hey who was she to talk, she has blue eyes.

"Kagome." She finished for him. Unknown to her, he already knew her name and planned this out.

"Allow me to help you with your bags for atleast part of your journey home. I am guessing that is where you would be headed with all those bags of yours." Kagome nodded still lightly blushing.

"Wait I mean, yes I am going home but you don't need to help me. I don't want you to get side tracked when I'm sure you have more important things on your agenda." He smirked a little at her selflessness. 'This is almost too easy.'

"Do not worry your self over my plans. I can always make room to ensure a pretty lady such as your self doesn't drop her groceries too many times on her way home." He watched her blush grow a little before leading her away from the door before people got angry at them. He watched her take the hint and they began walking with Kagome giving directions. They talked a little and was determined to see how many times she could blush before they reached the steps to the shrine.

Kagome began to wonder where all these cuties have been hiding. First Yusuke and now this guy. His black hair magenta eyes gave him a bad boy look also. She couldn't help but blush in his appearance and the sexy smirk he would send my way occasionally. We soon reached the shrine steps and I protested that I could carry the bags up the steps but that died out when a visitor soon came running down the steps and he caught me before I could fall. He gave me a smug smirk while I scowled at him playfully.

We reached the top of the steps and I grabbed the bags once we reached the house. He opened the door and I asked him if I could repay him and he refused. Once he left I began putting away the groceries and first aid supplies. I came across a bag I knew was not my own and I grabbed it and ran right out the door.

I found him on the opposite side walk down a ways so I ran across the street not noticing Yusuke and his friends approaching the shrine. "Hagiri! Please wait up." He turned around and I smiled. I caught up to him and held out the bag. "You forgot your bag. Thanks again for helping me home." I gave him a slight bow.

I heard him chuckle, don't worry the pleasure is all mine and thank you for returning my items." He returned the bow making sure to hold her eyes. She said her farewell and turned to head back. He looked across the street to see Yusuke glaring at him. He turned to look back at the girl and found her telling her younger brother to stop as he chased his soccer ball out into the road as a cop car approached in hot pusuit of some gun men. His eyes widened as he watched her panic, only concerned for her brother. Her brother reached the ball and looked at his sister that was desperately trying to reach him and he then heard the sirens and looked to see two speeding cars headed straight for him.

Souta felt himself being pushed out of the way and it felt like the world was going in slow motion as he connected eyes with his sister's watery ones and then BAM. Her body was hit by the first car and gravity brought her down to hit the windshield of the cop car before hitting its lights and going airborn again and then finally hitting the ground. I didn't remember ever hitting the ground, I could only watch and see my sister get killed right in front of my eyes.

My whole world came crashing down right in front of me as realization kicked in with the sound of squeeling tires of the vehicles and I faintly heard the first car crash and the sounds of guns going off but I couldn't bring my self to take my eyes off my sister's still form as blood gathered under her. It kept replaying in my head and her worried eyes, worried because she thought she might not make it to save me, her younger brother Souta. I had just seen her yesterday for the first time after beginning to believe that she had died in the past. Losing hope of seeing her at all ever again. I never understood her then but I do now and now it is too late. As I watch my sister's blood turn into a seemingly neverending puddle that was stretching out to get me. I finally snapped out of it and got up running frantically to my sister, begging her to yell at me, to scold me and pick on me. She did none of it. I yelled and screamed and faintly became aware of the tears collecting with her own blood.

I had just gotten back from the mission and was leading the others to the shrine to meet Kagome in person. At first I thought Kagome had sensed me and was coming down to greet me but I had seen a shopping bag in her hand and watched her curiously as she ran up the opposite sidewalk to him. My old enemy who had disappeared. Kagome was entirely innocent I could see that right from the beginning but the jerk had been doing this in spite of me. I knew something would happen soon. I could feel eyes on me from time to time and then with that aura the other night I knew it was him. He was going after Kagome to get to me. I glared at him with all my fury and watched smirk and look back to Kagome. It was then I panicked I had been about to cross the street and threaten him to stay away from her when I noticed the expression of shock. I followed his gaze to Kagome and heard her yelling and begging her brother to stop and when she noticed that wouldn't work, I watched her do something all to similar to my first death. She pushed her brother away who regained his ball and those few seconds, I watched her life end right before my eyes.

The gunmen didn't pay any heed at first to her, they were too busy driving recklessly and shooting at the cops behind them. The cop car slowed down but that made it worse. Her body hit the first car and hit the approaching cop car and I watched her body roll up the windshield before hitting the lights and then lastly, the ground. She made no movement. I prayed to kami that she move but it was almost like looking at my own body and realising i'm a ghost and dead when really I'm looking at Kagome as he blood seeped out from cracked bones and ribs most likely, damaged skull. It wasn't until I heard the gunmen crash and ring of bullets being fired and shells hitting the ground that I ran to Kagome. Souta had beat me to her body.

Botan led the boy away when he began screaming about things of the past and her double life. I shook her body, checked her pulse at her wrist and then again on her neck, I listened to hear her heart beat or feel her breathing. Nothing. I pounded my fists on either side of her head trying to get her to wake but that was not working in the least.

I glared up at Koenma and the others with my pain stricken eyes. "Bring her back to life damnit. I know you can do it! Bring her back, you brought me back now bring her back!"

Koenma shook his head sadly. "Yusuke, she was supposed to have already died. We already hold a place for her in reikai."

"Your wrong! It just hadn't recorded past the battle. It needed to transport her to 500 years in the future asshole. You were wrong, she was supposed to stay alive, the jewel kept her alive! Her life isn't done yet here! You said so your self. The jewel must have had a reason to keep her alive and bring her back to this time. It took her there for a reason!"

Botan sobbed in her sleeve at seeing the tragic scene. She tried to think of anything that would bring her back to life. She looked around noticing something off. Her ghost was missing, the spirit of Kagome was no where to be seen. Why, she is clearly dead so why would it not show. She looked worriedly at the body.

HAHA CLIFFY, i will continue later right where i cut off. don't worry i'll get them off the street.