Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho 1. Chapter 1

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Chapter One

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Darkness.

That's how they always described her. She was a shadow with a deep seated distaste for the world. The only thing that kept her rooted to this god-forsaken planet was that sweet, little bundle tied up and hidden somewhere in this low-life infested dungeon.

She snorted and peered behind the wall she was currently using as a hiding spot. Her sapphire orbs narrowed as her tail whipped in anger. She should kill these fools for daring to take something that was hers, but that would no doubt draw more attention.

Her ears twitched at every snore and droplet of water that hit the earth as she dodged each and every guard in the main building; using the shadows to her advantage. Her long, raven mane flowed gently behind her as she flipped over yet another oblivious guard then slit his throat when he decided to look back.

These low-levels really weren't worth her time. They were weak and useless, but the prize they stole from her was priceless. She was willing to put herself in peril to get it back.

Her tail swished behind her as she reached the last prison door in the dungeon.

Her nose twitched at the scent of cinnamon and sugar then wrinkled in disgust at the stench of filth and dirt as she took a step closer to its heavy, wooden entrance. Her eyes peered around, quickly searching for the key as a whimper emerged from the other side of the door.

The jiggling of keys alerted her to the oncoming guard.

Using her powerful booted feet, she quickly flipped onto a nearby rafter and waited patiently for the guard to come toward her hiding place. Once he was under her, she expertly dropped behind him and stole the keys.

She unlocked the door and surveyed the damage to her prize. A low growl escaped her throat and her eyes tinted red as she gazed upon the red fox kit's bruised, battered, and bloodied form. His rust colored pelt was torn in some places, and there were several places where his bones protruded from his skin. She could tell that he was dehydrated: his usual black, wet nose was dry and crusted over with mucus and blood. The fox kit was only about a foot tall when he stood on all four paws and had mesmerizing emerald green eyes.

Swiftly picking him up and throwing his small body over her shoulder, she silently escaped the dungeon. Her mind was made up: screw the consequences, she was going to kill the vermin responsible for doing this to her kit. Only after she placed the injured kit in a secure hiding place away from the blood bath that was about to occur did she return to the dungeon, ready to cause havoc.

Her fangs gleamed in the moonlight as she entered the dungeon. There, dozens upon dozens of low-level demons were waiting for her. Her now ruby eyes dilated into a cat-like split as she scented the air.

Fear...

She held back a chuckle. To think that she, the once purest of beings, the once softest of hearts, could now strike fear into over a hundred demons with just her mere presence. Well, that was thrilling.

The smallest of all the low-levels was pushed forward from the crowd.

She silently sneered at their idiocy.

"P-Please spare us, Great Shadow." the small demon squeaked. A slow, fanged grin grew on her face as she examined their pathetic negotiator. It was about double the size of the red fox kit she snatched in the forest of Makai and had scaly turquoise skin that was covered in grime and sweat. Most of its teeth were gone, along with one of its beady black eyes. It only had a tuft of neon green hair on its head and two fingers on each hand.

She started to chuckle.

It was a sound that sent most demons fleeing. It was soft and feminine, but also sly, deceiving, and coated with blood lust. It was a terrifying sound that cut through a demon's heart like a knife through a slab of butter. The low-levels squealed and ran towards the doors, which shut themselves and locked the demons in; securing their fate.

The winds started to swirl around her, as purple ki coated her body. Her shadows elongated and lifted themselves off the ground: curling around her and dancing in savage glee. Suddenly, there was a flash of purple light and her voice echoed within the sealed room.

"You really think that I would allow you to go unpunished after the crime you committed against me? You fools! You are lucky that I feel merciful today, for that is the only light that shall give your loved ones comfort once you are laying in your caskets."

Once the light died, there was nothing but piles of blood and gore that surrounded her. She fell to the ground panting. The shadow receded into her heart, taking yet another piece of her purity away.

Her ear twitched as she heard the reinforcements come running down the hallways.

She cursed that damn lord for all she was worth as she changed into her spirit form and ran down the hallways. Her seven midnight black tails gleamed in the low light, catching the eyes of the guards. She swore once more as she started to hear each exit start to close. After quickly calculating the most effective route, she dashed up the tower stairs. Higher and higher they went but she didn't stop until she could smell the dew of the rain drops outside and hear the deafening roar of thunder. Finding the first glass-plated window she could, the kitsune smashed through its iron and glass-paintinged frame and leapt. She fell at least fifty stories into the icy-cold moat that surrounded the castle.

Once she pulled herself from the waters, she started to run once more. She could hear the bridge's huge wooden surface smash loudly into the muddy ground and the guards start to chase her. She didn't even stop to gently ease the injured kit out of his hiding place under one of the great trees in Makai. No, she snatched him and ran. She ran and ran until she knew she was at the point of collapsing. She ran because her face was now in every bingo book there was out there. She just stole from a powerful new lord and didn't think about the consequences first. Now there was no place where she or her kit could hide.

Desperation took a hold of her as she saw yet another new pair of hunters take up the chase. What do you do when in every town you visit you added another person that wanted your head? Simple. You go to a place where there are no hunters. 'Easier said than done...' she thought bitterly as she winced inwardly at each stride she took. She had more wounds covering her body now. She had been running for weeks as they chased her. The bounty hunters after her had inflicted more wounds then she thought they would be able to.

She jumped along Makai's terrible cliffs: hoping and praying to God that the ground wouldn't give out from under her. She had only one means of escape, and it was one she didn't use because of its great risk. She tightened her jaw around the still unconscious kit's body as two other flashes followed after her own black blur. She knew she had to make a choice fast because the end of the cliff was approaching rapidly. She could either die here or risk dying elsewhere. Before she could even make a choice of her own, a black portal opened right in front of her. She tripped on her footing and fell through: allowing the portal to swallow her and her kit whole.

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Pairing: Kagome/Kurama

Muse: Song: Evanescence Imaginary (Paper Flowers)

Beta: YusukesLover

Luna: Can anyone who the fox kit is? Review and I'll tell you if your right or not! :3


	2. Chapter 2

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Chapter Two

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She would always recognize this feeling. No matter how much she wished she could forget it; she would always recognize the signs as if they were as clear as day. First, there was that slight chill going through her fur, like the wisps of a cold winter breeze that swirled through a forest of black silk. Then, there was that howling noise that always rang in her ear as the air rushed by her. Finally, there was that tingling in her stomach that never seemed all that purposeful. She knew she was falling, even with her eyes closed, and she hated it. It was the feeling that allowed all of the nostalgia and sadness she had been repressing to flood into her system. It made her feel weak; she hated it. She hated the feelings and memories that were connected to this so-called movement and she would do anything to get rid of it.

Her sapphire hues snapped open as the smell of chemicals reached her sensitive nose. On impulse, her body curled in on itself; caging the fox kit's prone animal form inside of itself, as if to protect it from whatever was on the other side. She would protect him, even if it was at the cost of her own life. The portal opened. The sound of shattering glass and an ear splitting yelp filled the room as her body made impact with a beaker covered university table, breaking it in two. Her body twitched and spasmed as the chemicals seeped into her open wounds, but that never diverted her attention from the fox kit's still form five feet away from her.

He was whimpering.

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Kurama frowned as he put down his rag and spray bottle. Only seconds ago, a blood-curdling yowl filled the air of the botany room.

'It seems to have came from the down the hall, in the chemistry class.' Kurama thought as he rushed to investigate the strange sound.

His frown deepened at the pain-filled whimpers that filled his ears when he opened the door to the chemistry room. Slowly approaching and crouching next to the table from which the whimpering emerged, he gently pushed the chair away and peered underneath. He only got to see a two emerald green orbs before he found himself flat on his back with a beautiful, snarling blue eyed black fox above him.

His eyes widened as her fangs descended in a grab for his throat. On reflex, Kurama grabbed the closest thing to him, a part of the desk that was destroyed earlier, and slammed it into the face of the black fox. Knocking it into the chair in front of where the two green orbs were hidden. She The fox snarled, threw the chair off of her, and stood in a protective stance in front of the desk. Moments passed as they stared each other down. She with an unwavering glare and he with a calculating gaze.

Kurama looked at the fox as it stood before fox had a long, sleek, midnight black body that was covered with cuts and lacerations. Her sapphire-colored eyes looked guarded and held mistrust. She had seven fluffy black tails which seemed to curl and float in the air, as if they were in water. Her four petite paws held deadly silver claws. On her forehead were four dark silver markings that where formed into a four-pointed star formation. A pink gem was laced around her neck.

'Devil's Shadow...' Youko's deep baritone voice whispered into Kurama's mind.

'What?' he questioned, only to have silence as his answer.

As his eyes continued to study the fox, he noticed that she was shaking. Her legs were trembling violently, like they were ready to give out on her at any second. The glass shards that were deeply embedded into her coat and the acid that was sizzling on her open wounds were undoubtedly causing her tremendous pain.

'She should be passed out due to the amount of pain she is in. How is she still standing?'

That's when he spotted it: an orange lump leaning against the grown fox's hind leg. Another whimper emerged from the lump as its lids slid open to reveal two emerald green orbs similar to Kurama's own.

'Ah... she's a mother.' he concluded.

Kurama watched as her legs started to shake more violently as the kit buried its face in the black fox's leg. The grown female's teeth clenched together at the added weight on her leg, as her eyes shone with pure pain. Finally, her body slumped towards the ground and her eyes closed. The orange kit quickly hobbled toward her face and pulled on her ear in the hopes that she would wake.

Slowly, Kurama approached the two foxes. The kit, noticing this, stood in front of its mother in a similarly protective stance to the one that she performed only moments before. Her blood started to pool around its small paws as it tried to look threatening by puffing up and growling.

"It's ok. I'm not going to hurt you or your mother. I just wish to help." he said in a comforting tone, watching the kit relax with each word that passed his lips. The kit nodded, curled up in its mother's chest and regarded him with watchful green orbs.

Kurama sighed, picked up both kitsune, and brought them home.

He did this with a thoughtful frown on his face and a dozen questions running rampant in his mind. He peered into the back seat of his car and looked at the kit inquisitively before looking back to the road. The words the fox spirit inside of him had uttered kept playing in his head like a broken record. 'Devil's Shadow... Devil's Shadow...'

It continued to play even as he pulled into his reserved parking spot of the apartment complex he now resided in. Using the back fire exit, he snuck into his apartment and started to care for both foxes.

He would first have to convince the kit to allow him to clean him and his mother. He could still feel its gaze boring holes into the back of his head as he left the duo laying on the tile of his half bath. Sighing, he trudged up the stairs to start a bath in his master bathroom. After another battle of wits raged between him and the fox kit, he was finally able to convince him that he wouldn't drown him or his mother inside the bath tub.

He was not surprised to find that the mother had sustained most of the injuries between the two. The kit only had a few fading bruises, three broken bones that pushed through his skin, sported some minor cuts, and suffered dehydration and minor starvation all of which he wrapped and treated. The mother was far worse. She had internal fractures on both of her front ankles, numerous deep wounds on her chest, back, stomach and thighs that had been caused by numerous poison-coated weapo,ns and had the class room acid mixed into the open wounds. A small portion of her ear was spilt and infected, she had shards of painted glass and beaker glass embedded in her coat and was also suffering dehydration and starvation.

Kurama frowned once more as he laid down the spare covers to make a comfortable bed then gently placed both wounded kistunes onto the blankets. The kit curled into his mothers stomach and drifted into the blissful land of dreams peacefully; leaving Kurama to try and solve the problem they both provided for him.

He silently bid both animals good night as he shut his spare bedroom door. Flopping on to his bed, he tried to calm his raging brain to stop asking questions he could not answer. After promising himself that he would get some more answers in the morning, he too was captured by the relaxing comfort of sleep. His last thought was to thank the Lord it was Friday before darkness overcame his vision.

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Pairing: Kagome/Kurama

Muse: My brain

Beta: YusukesLover

Side notes:

(1) like Midoriko's marking.

(2) lion king moment! XD

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	3. Chapter 3

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Chapter Three

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Kurama knew foxes where known for being trouble makers, and he agreed with that statement fully. There was no argument on his part, but this was just mind-blowing.

Emerald green eyes blinked innocently as the now humanized fox kit took another bite of 'his' pocky and looked around the kitchen in confusion. The pantry was a total mess; sugary cereal boxes were scattered on the floor, cans of tuna and fruit where everywhere. There was a half-eaten raw chicken that was hanging on the ceiling fan, because when he was in his fox form he had gotten hungry. Packs of empty soda cans were on the counter along with some opened chips. There was chocolate sauce smeared all over the cabinets, along with some syrupy paw prints. Apple cores and wrappers littered the tiles he stood on in packs piles.

Shippo looked at his hakama, haori, and vest with a light blush across his face. He was covered in ninja snacks and other food articles that belonged to the owner of the house he was in. He peered through his rusty bangs with an apologetic glint in his eyes. "Sorry Red-san." He whimpered with a slumped figure.

Kurama sighed under his breath and pinned the humanized fox with an unwavering forest green gaze. The fox came up to his hip, had pointed ears, a fox tail, and two red hind paws for legs. He had red hair, that looked more orange when compared to his own scarlet locks, and curious green orbs. The kit was dressed in a back haori with green leaves embroidered on its sleeves, covered by a green vest, with a matching hakama. He had a green bow that tied up his now sugar-covered locks and had a slightly tanned complexion. He was slightly surprised that the kit's animal form was so small compared to his human form. He made a note to look up why later. He was just about to speak when the silver fox decided to honor him with his presence once more.

'Common Blue Blaze...' his darker side whispered to him, causing him to frown inwardly. 'Common Blue Blaze... Rare Devil's Shadow...' Youko said before disappearing once more.

Kurama frowned as he gazed at the fidgeting kit.

'That is twice in two days that Youko has spoken to me.' He mused as the kit opened his mouth to speak.

"I'm Shippo." He blurted it out with a blush, causing Kurama's lips to tilt upward in a small smile.

"Minamino Shuichi, or Kurama if you will. It's a relief to see you up, Shippo-san. If you wish to clean up, the bathroom is around the corner. There are some towels in there as well. Just place your clothes outside the door so I can have them washed. I will lend you some the my brother left behind."

Shippo nodded quickly and scurried away, hoping to run from his embarrassment.

Kurama chuckled quietly under his breath when he heard the kit squeak in surprise as he turned on the washing machine. Soon after he finished cleaning up the kitchen, a blue-lipped Shippo emerged from the bathroom with a big green towel covering his frozen form.

"T-that wasn't f-fair, Kurama." he hissed through his chattering fangs as he swiped the clothing from the redhead's grasp.

Kurama chuckled as the kit slowly hobbled away to the safety of the bathroom.

"Maybe next time you should ask before you decide to raid my pantries?" he suggested kind-heartedly only to receive a scowl from the young kistune as he exited the bathroom.

"That doesn't give you the right to sabotage my shower!" Shippo whined with pout on his face. Kurama rose his brow as he gave the young kistune a look over.

Other than being wet and frozen to the bone, Shippo actually looked okay over all. Most of the bruises that he had disappeared last night along with his other injuries. He wearing a white tee shirt and some cargo pants and his demon attributes were gone.

"I was going to make some chocolate chip pancakes, but it seems you have already helped yourself to them." he stated with mirth as he made himself a cup of coffee. When he turned around he was a little surprised to find the kit looking at him very intensely. Shippo sat in one of the island's stool with an inquisitive, cut-throat air surrounding him. His emerald green eyes bore into Kurama's own as they cast all playfulness aside.

"Why did you help us? Or is it an everyday thing for you to take home wounded animals with extra appendages?" Shippo inquired with a frown.

"Well, I couldn't just leave you both there, Shippo-san. Though I do believe your mother needs to work on her introductions." he said lightly.

"Cut the crap, Red. What do you want with both me and my mother? And why haven't you taken it, yet?" Shippo snapped with an underlying threat in his voice.

Kurama frowned as Youko stirred once more.

'Common Blue Blaze... Rare Devil's Shadow... Pink Pearl of Souls...' He murmured before disappearing once more.

"Kit, I have no idea what you are talking about." he stated firmly. "You and your mother have nothing that interest me as of yet. How can I steal something that I have no knowledge of?"

Shippo looked at him in surprise before bursting out into laughter and falling out of his chair.

"The gods got to love screwing us over!" he wheezed as Kurama peered over the table in surprise. "I mean first we were sent there, now here! Oh yes! Thank you Inari! You tricks are simply hilarious! Just when my mother was starting to get comfortable you decide 'Hey guess what? How about we just mess up their lives once more for the hell it?!' Yes, thank you Inari-sama! Thank you very much! Your jokes are simply to die for!" he shouted at the ceiling before he broke down crying.

Kurama stared at Shippo's broke form on his kitchen floor in confusion for second before scooping him up into his arms, trying to offer comfort and lower the chance of picking a fight with the injured kitsune one room over.

"S-she n-ever d-eserved a-ny of t-his!" He sobbed into the elder man's shoulder as he carried him into the master bedroom that was his own. Kurama's ears twitched at every wheeze and sob the kit uttered as rubbed his back comfortingly.

"M-ma just w-wanted the damn thing *hic* gone!" Shippo whispered as a few more tears slipped down his tan cheeks. Kurama frowned thoughtfully as he slipped the brown covers under the kits chin and patted his hair down. The last thing he heard before he closed the bedroom door was the quiet whisper of "Kagome-mama never wanted you to die, Otou-san." Then door closed with a quiet click.

Kurama's frown deepened as yet another piece of the puzzle was placed before him. He cautiously opened the door to the guest bed room and peered inside. The black fox, now dubbed Kagome, laid there curled up and asleep. Her wounds where healing much slower than the other kistune's. To the point that he might still have to change her bandages hourly for her deeper wounds. Though the sight of her smaller cuts disappearing was a welcoming relief, he couldn't stop the small wave of worry that passed through him when he noticed that her nose was still as dry as cotton. He gave her and the kit plenty of water the day before, and with her demonic heritage it should have gotten through her system by now.

He frowned: when he tried to pry open her clamped jaws, they seemed to have a mind of their own and remained firmly shut. It was only when he turned his whole attention to the fox's face did he notice that her eyes where open. First he was surprised at this new discovery, then he noticed that she was gazing over his shoulder and her eyes seemed to have a grey covering over them. Wiping away the goop that was created during her rest, he examined her closer. Her nose was dry, yes, but it also seemed to be clogged, so she couldn't smell his scent. She was temporarily blinded, he noted. Her eyes seem watery like they were trying to wash away the dark cover that obscured her vision. And her ears seemed to swivel around as if they were searching for something... He almost hit his forehead. The fox kit! She was searching for his heartbeat or breath.

"It ok, Miss Kagome. Shippo-san is in the room across from us resting. I'm going to put some food and water in front of you. Do you think you can feed yourself?"

The grown female demon snorted at him and looked away, causing him to stifle a chuckle. It was funny to watch her act all big and tough even knowing she was about as dangerous as a newborn kit in her current state. Placing the water dish and food dish in front of her, he watched as she bumped her nose against the ground: searching for the two plates, just in the wrong direction. Smiling, he placed the two dishes directly in front of her nose, making sure not to make a sound and watched with humor as she was filled with silent pride when she found them. He silently watched her as she ate, wondering if all foxes were this egotistical

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	4. Chapter 4

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Healing a Blackened Heart - Chapter Four

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Kurama sighed as he finished packing his backpack. It was Monday once more and that meant it was back to school. To be truthful, he was a bit wary to the idea of leaving the two foxes alone all day. It wasn't that he didn't trust Shippo. The kit knew far more about the human realm then he had previously surmised: which had both surprised and puzzled him. No, Shippo wasn't the reason of his caution. It was something else. The air hung heavy with tension; like it would before a battle was to take lead. He felt like he had eyes watching his every move but no one was with him. He was alone in his kitchen: all by himself.

He sighed to himself and leaned on the table. Maybe he was just being paranoid. It has been years since the spirit world had contacted him, his name had faded from Makai, and as far as the human population here in Ningenkai he was just another one of their own. So why was he so skittish?

A loud crunch cut the tense silence of the kitchen, causing his head to snap toward the kitchen counter. Peering over his shoulder, he blinked multiple times as stared at his unexpected guest.

It was a women, or should he say demoness, that looked to be roughly around his age in human years. He would have mistaken her to be human if it weren't for the two animalistic appendages sprouting out of her head. She was sitting on the kitchen counter gazing at something in her lap with half-lidded eyes while munching on a apple. Her legs sprawled out on top of the cool tile while her back leant comfortably against the wall. She had mid-thigh length ink-black hair that held a blueish tint when the sun shone on it. Her skin was pale but held a soft tan. She was wearing a black fighting-style cheongsam that had was decorated by pink sakura blossoms and embroidered with dark magenta. It went to just above her ankles and had slits for better movement. She had black mesh tights underneath the cheongsam and black slippers on her petite feet.

He watched warily as her petal-like lips start to form the first letters of a word.

"Flesh-bag..." she said in low warning. He stared at her, unwaveringly. "If you keep staring at my person you will soon find your eyes pulled from their sockets and placed in between my claws."

He watched her tall black ears twitch as he allowed his body to face her fully. He continued to study her as the breeze fluttered through the room and twirled around them.

He resisted raising a brow as her form stiffened and her ears flicked every now and then. Suddenly the tense air that surrounded them vanished as she turned her head to him.

Curious forest green meet empty sapphire.

Kurama nearly frowned at the perfected blankness of her mask. Everything about her expression was void of emotion and thought. For some reason, the mask she wore did not agreed with him what-so-ever.

She broke contact and picked up the book she had been reading.

Demons of the world: Fox Spirits the title clearly read. He instantly recognized the book he had "borrowed" from the old psychic the day before while Shippo was sleeping. In truth he had many text about fox spirits, its just that he never seen her kind in any of them. It was very irksome.

"Interesting subject you chose, Mr. Minamino... Or should I say _Youko_ Kurama?"

She took a delicate sniff as his form subconsciously stiffened at the name.

"Oh, pardon me. You're just his avatar. Well _Avatar_, I congratulate you for finally putting at least one pest in his place." Her voice was cold and rang with disdain as it bounced of his kitchen walls. If he had been any one else, he would have flinched at the abrasive tone. He could practically feel the spirit fox's dangerous smirk hidden in the back of his mind.

He watched her long midnight lashes flutter lazily as her empty pools of sapphire disappeared then reappeared. For reasons unknown to him, he found himself transfixed at the simple motion.

"Maybe the human species isn't so worthless after all. But one thing does confuse me, Avatar... Why didn't you take _it_? It would have been an very _easy_ steal..."

This time Kurama did frown. What was this item the two kitsune kept referencing to? And why on earth would he wish to steal it so badly? Was it the cause for the injuries that where inflicted on them? How did they get here anyway? So many questions yet so few answers...

"Miss Kagome, correct?" he inquired with slight puzzlement.

She tilted her head in confirmation as her eyes continued to search his face, her mistrust clearly displayed.

"Like I have told Shippo, I do not know what object you keep referencing to, or why you are so protective of it. But rest assured, I'm not interested in taking it." Her eyes narrowed with dissatisfaction as she twisted around to face him. Her petite feet and black silk tail swayed as she studied him for a little longer. Suddenly a bitter grin made its way to her lush lips.

"I see, you managed to cage the old silver." she stated with hostile resentment.

Kurama cocked his head in confusion.

"Caged?" he inquired.

"Caged, my dear Avatar." she confirmed with the tiniest hint of amusement layered in her bored tone. If he would have been anyone else, he would have scowled at her obvious amusement at his lack of knowledge. But instead he simply tilted his head and attempted to steer the conversion to his advantage.

"Miss Kagome-"

"Kagome." she said firmly.

"Pardon?" he asked, confused.

"Just call me Kagome." She stated as she tilted her head to get a better look at him. She had to admit he was fairly descent looking, for an avatar, but she suspected the fox had something to do with that. No normal human Japanese women could birth such foreign colors. At least that is the race she gathered his mother was: judging by the pictures she managed to see in his "well-hidden" photo book on the bottom drawer of his left nightstand.

'One should always gather information when its available.' she thought. 'This information just happened to be accessible from seven to ten am on the weekends and after school most weekdays.'

"Then please call me Kurama." he said politely.

She tilted her head in acknowledgement.

"May I inquire how you managed get so mortally wound?"

"I was retrieving a old relic that belonged to someone very close to me in the past from a powerful lord. My small platoon's and my first attempt to reclaim the relic was fruitless, and resulted in Shippo and I getting separated and my men getting slaughtered like bovine. About month later, I tried once more. But this time there was two prizes on the line and I couldn't afford losing the chance of gaining either of them, so I went alone."

'A month? She left her kit inside of a murderer infested place like that for a whole month?' Kurama thought.

As if sensing his discomfort distate with the idea, her ears flicked toward him and her eyes turned stale.

"You should have more sense than that, Avatar. If I had really wish for my kit's death I would have done it _myself_." she spat with a venomous hiss, causing the avatar's hands to rear back in a form of surrender.

"Shippo is more than capable when it comes to matters of survival and thieving. He is also quite spectacular at gathering information, but lacks skills in battle. Did you really believe that I would willingly take food and water from you without checking it first?" She snorted. "Shippo is my eyes, ears, and nose when I am incapacitated. He is my son, partner, and second in command for a reason. Do not doubt his abilities."

She tapped her chin thoughtfully as her fingers absentmindedly fiddled with the book's pages.

"Now where was I?" she questioned lightly.

"You were just attempting your second attack."

"Ah yes. After pulling some strings, I managed to obtain both my kit and the relic. I was so infuriated at the damage those lowlifes had dared to inflict on my kit that I'd forgotten that I had no back up. My emotions overruled my thoughts at the time, and I attacked blindly. It was a foolish choice and it managed to get every damn bounty hunter, demon hunter, and pelt trader in all of damn Makai on my tail for the next few weeks. I was just about to pull my last ditch effort out of my fur when a portal appeared before me and I fell in by mistake. And you know the rest."

"Hm... May I inquire the name of the relic you sought?" he asked politely, not knowing that it was a very touchy subject for the lone female.

Just like that, as he uttered the first fragments of his inquiry, the gateway to the information the avatar so desperately longed to receive was shut in his face. Her frigid sapphires stared at him numbly as the tension slowly began to resurface in the small tiled kitchen.

"No." she murmured as she slid off the counter.

Kurama blinked.

"Pardon?"

"I said no, Avatar. N-O. You must have at least inherited the Silver's hearing, so get your head out of your ass, and start using it." she stated coolly as she walked over to him. He watched with curious eyes as she dog-eared her current placement in the book and placed it in his bag. She faced him, regarding him with the same blank sapphires he was quickly coming to loath.

"You will never acquire information about me and my kit's heist, nor anything of our past. That is the one part of my and Shippo's head we do not wish for you and your soul parasite to pick apart when you are trying to analyze us." she stated in a bored a manner.

Before Kurama could even grasp the request she just made, Youko's aura snaked around at of the black foxes own. Her eyes widened slightly before narrowing. Annoyed, she failed to notice the long forgotten tingling sensation of her Reiki flash through her system for the briefest of seconds before it disappeared once more. Youko's snarl rattled through his head, causing forest green orbs to widen.

"I must find a way to leave before he finds a way to speak to you and informs you the reason for my distrust." she stated bluntly as she skittered toward the window. He rose a brow at the Hiei-like course of exit, a gesture she was glad to return.

"I believe you are late for class, Kurama." she stated and watched with slight satisfaction as his eyes widened and head snapped to face the clock on the wall.

He was an hour late! Wait, how did she...?

His head quickly turned to the spot she was standing moments ago, only to find she wasn't there. Kurama stared at the open window for a second before grabbing his keys and running out the door. His mind was whirling so fiercely with unanswered questions he never noticed how the silver spirit seemed to imprint the black vixen's unique scent into their mind.

'_Water lilies, lightning and moonlight._' Youko purred as he licked the purity burns that marred his pale skin in the depths of Kurama's mind. '_A miko shadow kistune..._'

How unusual... yet exquisitely so.

A sly smirk lit up Youko's calm facade that day as lust filled his soul. This was quite a rare beauty indeed. She is smart to follow instinct, and flee. Just staying close to the avatar would no doubt be a fatal mistake, especially in the state _they _are in now.

His deep, baritone chuckle echoed throughout the inky abyss that surrounded him.

The vixen was not going to be allowed to leave his grasp anytime soon. Permission or not. He would not allow such a priceless treasure to be wiped away once more. Even if she is a hybrid compared to the truth thing.

His golden eyes closed and with a smirk on his lips he allowed as his presence disappeared from Kurama's gold flecked forest green orbs.

They will be the one to claim the last Devil's Shadow in _existence_.

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Kurama's fingers drummed against the hard oak tabletop as he distractedly stared outside, ignoring the irritating shriek of his literature teacher. So many questions ran rapidly in his head, causing his head to whirl. One thing about this whole situation he could not seem to grasp is the pain that seemed to be hidden in Youko's sudden snarl. He couldn't express how he knew; he just somehow knew. But truly, how could one harm a spirit? Also, how did the young women know when his class was? In Makai, only nobles and high class demon had the rare privilege to learn. Even then it wasn't always taken advantage of: the importance of battle strategy seemed to hail esteem above logical arithmetic.

Could she have taken advantage of the free learning offered here in Ningenkai? The only way she could have had access to the things of the mortal plane was if she had had enough money to pay the expensive price of creating a portal. Even so, the spirit world would have contacted Makai and informed them of the rip in the barrier. And with her power level, she would have been rejected. So how did the two kitsune obtain access to Ningenki? Who managed to wound the powerful black vixen? Kurama was no fool. When he first had contact with the female he had instantly known she was dangerous. But secretly, he liked the thrill of warning that coursed through him in tremors of excitement when facing mortal peril. But back to the two kistune. Was it the item that she and the kit were so closely guarding that landed the duo with him? What item is she guarding so fiercely?

He frowned as he blankly stared out of the classroom window. Slowly his eyes traveled to the well-worn leather book that peeked out of his school case. Why had she bookmarked a page that contained information on the silver species of kistune? What was her reason for that? An act of intimidation? A warning?

He sighed and rubbed his temples. For the first time in his life, Kurama felt bested by this small female's hidden knowledge. So many questions with so few answers...

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Somewhere on a cliff's edge in Makai, two lone figures stood. Sesshomaru, Daiyoukai of the western lands watched as the sun slowly rose. Its vibrant yellow rays were slowly creeping across the sleeping land, awakening the dangerous inhabitants of the forest by its warm peaceful command. Not so far behind him was Koenma; Prince of Rekai, in his teenage form with a somber frown etched across his face.

"You know she's going to be furious when she discovers it was fake." Koenma stated calmly. "And the first person she will go after is you, Sesshomaru-sama. You are the one who told her of it and it's whereabouts. She will probably believe you have betrayed her. That and you hiding the real one makes that thought even more believable."

Sesshomaru didn't even spare the child ruler a glance as he kept gazing onto the vast wilderness.

"She will understand this one's reasons once this Sesshoumaru revel them to her. Did you transport her on the correct date?"

Koemna nodded.

"We transported her the exact millisecond it happened." he stated. Sesshomaru nodded and walked away from his cliffside perch; still refusing to flatter the godling by acknowledging his existence. Just as Sesshomaru was about to pass the silent male he spoke.

"What will you do once he awakens?" Koenma questioned, causing the western lord to halt his exit.

"Do the same thing she should have done the moment she first found out what he was."

"And that is?"

"Send him straight _back_ to hell."

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Pairing: Kagome/Kurama

Muse: Linkin Park, Shadow of the Day

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"poor Kagome and Shippo. i really hope Kurama and Youko can help them to heal from everything that has happened to them. Kurama will need to feed Shippo in the morning, and then if he can without Kagome waking up, tend to her and rewrap her wounds in fresh bandages and forward to reading more of this very soon. i really do enjoy this. and it's only the second chapter so far lol.  
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Luna: *Leans over unsuspecting fox*

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	5. Chapter 5

_Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha..._

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Chapter Five

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Five thousand years...

My blood red hues open and stare through the glass of my oxygen-enriched container. My loyal caretakers gasp in surprise as my fists ram into the glass repeatedly.

Five thousand years since I have last smelled her addicting natural aroma.

Spider web like cracks appear on the walls of my glass chamber. My scientists run around in a frenzy, thinking it was just another spasm. The fools. I close my eyes as I continue to the deliver deadly blows at a rapid pace. A smirk appears on my lips as I remember the last time we spoke. What a long hibernation it has been...

Five thousand years, it has been since I last touched her velvet porcelain skin.

The thick glass walls shatter all around me. The harmful clear projectiles fly everywhere, some embedding themselves into the skin of the imbeciles around me. I smirked in pure satisfaction as their gasps and small cries of pain enter my ears. Well those noises take me way back... Hers were and will always be lovelier, though.

Five thousand years since I last heard her soft melody.

My thick raven bangs clung to my temple as I walked nude out of my chamber. My crimson orbs scrutinize each and every one of the gathering lab staff as they check me over. Low-lives, all of them. They are nothing of worth compared to her; they have no right to sully the ground both she and I tread on. They're just walking claw sharpeners, that's it all. A fanged smirk reaches my lips. They're claw sharpeners: so let's see how good they can disgrace their roll on this planet. My mode suddenly soured and the amusement fell from my lips as the first servant approached me. My vixen was a thousand times more beautiful than the whore in front of me.

So many years have passed since I have last seen the divine form of my underworld queen.

I bit back the urge to snarl as a female servant approached me. I frowned slightly as the degrading demoness openly eyed my nude form: her hips swaying and her eyes filled with lust as she hands me my clothing. As soon as I was dressed, I severed her head from her body. Screams of horror filled the room as her head lolled on the ground and her blood spurted out of her body. Effortlessly summoning my shadows, the rest of the lab technicians were soon cocooned in their ink black darkness and their souls eaten by dark inhabitants of the netherworld. Licking the blood from my claws I allowed a wicked smile to cross my face.

Five thousand years since I last saw my little protégée, my goddess, and queen and it is far too long for my liking. I will have to punish her as soon as she is back in my grasp. But for now, it seems I have a dog searching for my pelt. I sighed and began to exit the laboratory.

Just wait a little longer my dear. It will soon be your blood, that I will be licking from my claws and your blood only. Just wait for me, little bird, just wait.

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Black slipper covered feet landed soundlessly on the brick pavement of the ally. Soulless blue eyes stared blankly at the rusted shabby metal door in front of her in the low light of the alleyway. Kagome allowed her two orbs to trace the neon-yellow cursive written letters that hung over the small rundown establishment lazily as her ears twitched at the amount of noise hidden behind the door.

'The Wolves Den... Fitting name.' she thought as she stared at the entrance, counting down her last few seconds of peace.

Five.

The sounds of dishes clattering.

Four.

Whispers and confused voices.

Three.

She grimaced. An excited squeal and loud hollers.

Two.

Footsteps and an uncomfortable ringing in her two black appendage.

One.

The door slammed open.

She dug her claws in to her palms, creating five red steadily rivulets to flow out of her newly creating five red rivulets that steadily flowed from her newly created wounds. Her form twitched at the many different versions of her name that rung out in the wet alleyway.

"Nee-chan!"

"Kagome-nee!"

"Kagome!"

"Auntie!"

"Aunt Kagome!"

"Fox-chan!"

Her calm sapphire orbs looked at the excited group and greeted them in the order they called her.

"Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, Koga, Kiba, Tsume, Juhi pleasure to see you also." she stated bored. She didn't even have time to move before she found herself surrounded by young wolves. Her face turned a pale pink, unused to such attention as the young wolves cuddled and nuzzled her. The eldest by a couple centuries, Juhi rubbed his cheek on into the crown of her head flattening her raven black ear into it, while cooing. Tsume, the young white of his litter was a bit taller than her, and found it his duty to nuzzle his cheek into her neck while grumbling up a small vortex of curses. Kiba, the most recent pup she met, came to about her hip and was nuzzling it with vigor. Her eye brow twitched as she felt one of Juhi's hands slowly start to travel lower. As soon as he reached the base of her tail, she quickly push both younger wolves away, spun around, and landed a well placed high kick into the dark haired wolf's cheek. Juhi staggered back with a pained whine.

"Juhi..." she growled irritably as watched him spit out a few fangs. "If that appendage finds its way onto my person once more it will be forfeited along with your ability to reproduce."

The two younger wolves snickered as their older brother stuttered in fear of the raven haired female. They soon learned that the young vixen was clearly no in the mood to joke as for they soon found themselves under the mercy of her cold gaze.

"Tsume, Kida" she addressed coolly, causing them to shiver.

"Y-yes, Auntie?" whimpered Kiba.

"Cease your snickering or I might do the same to you." she cautioned. "I am in no mood for your petty squabbles."

They gulped and nodded quickly, before darting into the building. Hakkuka and Ginta following them to make sure they didn't get into too much trouble.

Freezing sapphires slowly turned to her grinning wolf companions. Kagome raised a brow at the mated pair.

"I had a hunch that you two would have duty on this side of the barrier." she stated blandly. "The burrow had been so peaceful for over a month, I had considered sending a few troops to hinder your effort in hopes it would stay that way for ever."

Kouga rolled his eye at the indifferent Kitsune as Ayame stuck out her tongue, playfully.

"Oh, stop acting like such an ice cube. You enjoyed those parties too!" the she-wolf huffed mockingly.

"I took part in them, yes; but I never did enjoy them, even for smallest fraction of a second." Kagome stated with a small frown. "How would you feel if you had almost all of the unmated males chasing and batting at your tail for most of the night?"

Ayame, a bit envious, snorted and stuck her noise up in the air.

"I would enjoy it for all I was worth." she stated truthfully, before she looked at the vixen with pure understanding and worry. "But I'm not you, Kagome-nee. I understand you had it rough, but that doesn't mean you have the right to continue to live in the past. Inu-"

"I need you two to create another pair of Yūgana satsujin. Kouga, please get in contact with Totosai and inform him I lost Niku Abareru Hito during my flight. He will know what to do." she demanded, ignoring the female wolf demon as she threaded her delicate nails through the silk black strands of her tail. She pulled out a small dark pouch and threw it to Kouga.

Effortlessly catching the bag, he weighted it in the palm of his hand and looked back to the small woman, totally ignoring his stuttering mate.

"Okay then, I'll get you a portal. But I will have to notify Rekai about your visit so it will take a couple weeks. So they can authorize it." he said with a nod.

"The portal is not for me. It's for Shippo. I will be staying here for awhile longer." she murmured while Ayame silently fumed as they continued to ignore her.

"Why?"

"Let's just say, I have to deal with a confused fireflyfirst. Do you have any charms in the back? I cannot go out in my current attire." she snapped irked. Last time she checked, Kouga was definitely not her father, nor was Ayame her mother. So they have no right to go snooping into her affairs.

Kouga smirked, dug something out of his jean pockets, and tossed it to the irritable female. She rose a brow as she stared at custom made concealment charm.

"Do I look like a pet mongrel to you all?" she growled as she eyed the charm. It consisted of a thick looking metal chain with a black pearl on either side of the center piece, which was a double dog tag. All and all, the whole necklace was adequate, but it was the piece in the middle of the collar that irked her. It was a double layered dog tag; the front dog tag was a shiny midnight black with a silver empty bird cage engraved into the front of the metal. In the back of the black dog tag there were the three family crests to the houses she belonged to. Kouga and Ayame's were first; theirs was three small mountain peaks encircled in a double ringed circle. The Western Lord's was after theirs; his was the well known crescent moon of the west. The third was her son's crest, which was one of the illusion leafs he was so fond of using when he was younger. The second dog tag was silver and held her name, gender, birth date and both Kouga's and Sesshormaru's private number for when they were in the human world. On the bottom left corner of the silver tag was a small raven with a small ruby gem as its eye.

"I would appreciate it if you didn't claim me as one of your own or Sesshourmaru-sama's the dangerous industry I am in, you might just find yourself swamped by some of my vengeful clients." she huffed as she put on the collar. Ayame, at this time, just gave up and left the two to speak.

Kouga chuckled as he watched her demon attributes fade from her figure:her ears disappeared along with her tail. Her deadly claws shortened into blunt human nails and her fangs shrunk. He watched with amusement as she frowned confused for her hair didn't shorten.

"You look better with your hair long, Imouto." Kouga stated with a smirk as she huffed. No matter how much she changed he will always be there to protect her. Kouga just hoped they find the bastard before he finds them. Kagome wouldn't be able to trust them once more if she found out; her trust for them even now was hanging on by a thread.

"Do you have my kitten?" she asked with a glimmer of excitement.

Kouga nodded and stuck his thumb toward the building behind them.

"It's in the back, along with your hell hound." he mocked.

She huffed and allowed the wolf to lead her to the garage. Kagome almost released a purr of pleasure when she saw her metallic green Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11/ZZ-R1100 safe in the garage and still in one piece. The only thing that kept her from doing just that and containing her mask was the fact she couldn't drive it just yet. As if he could hear her thoughts, Kouga released a sharp bark of laughter.

"It will be ready by the time Shippo leaves. So kept your tail on Kaggerz." he stated, dodging the swift kick she tried to deliver to his diaphragm.

"My car, Kouga. Though I am very glad you managed to keep your pups from destroying my Ninja, I wish to see my hound now."She stated firmly. Both of the vehicles had been gifts from the wolves she had gotten last year for congratulation on finishing the burrow's remodeling with Gin.

"For heaven's sake, Kagome, would it kill you to just call it what it is? It's a SSC Ultimate Aero 2013, for god's sake, not a dog!"

"I doubt it will bring my end Kouga-kun, it's just a car."

'Ya, a very sexy and fast car that you wish to drive at full capacity all over the whole continent of Japan.' she purred inwardly. Truth be told, if she said either of those names they would probably come out in more of a purr then a sentence. And she really didn't need to give the two wolves another reason to tease her.

Kouga pouted, but lead the way to the back of the building. Opening the door to the back road slowly, Kouga smirked as Kagome began thrum her blunt nails on her forearms which were crossed in an effort to contain her growing excitement.

"There are clothes for both of you in the back equipment in the trunk and your meds are underneath the front seat. You remember the code right, Kagome-chan?" he questioned as he kept the door open for her. He had to hold back a snicker as she picked apart the car with her eyes. After she finished thoroughly assessing the vehicle, she nodded and walked up to her hound.

The SSC Aero was shiny silver with two black stripes that ran through the vehicle. Its tire rims where black and had gold outlining and bolts. The interior was made of mostly black leather with touches of white and red mixed in.

"You got almost everything." she drawled as she pulled up the driver door and climbed in. Kouga looked at the back of his bar as he leant against the car side. Kagome shuffled through the clothing quickly, before grabbing the appropriate clothes and began to get dressed.

"What I miss this time?" he questioned, confused. What could've he forgotten this time?

"Did Ayame pick out the outfits this time, Kouga-kun, or did you?" she questioned as she pulled up her white hip hugger flares.

"Ayame , what did I miss?" He tried once more.

"I guess I'm going to have to thank her then. She is smarter then I give her credit for." she murmured, as she put the finishing touches on her outfit.

"Kagome..." he growled in warning. "What did I miss?"

Kagome leaned out of the car doorway, with a raised brow. She was wearing a sky blue halter top with straps that crossed over her breast and on her back. The top flared around her hips and had darker blue outline on the bottom. She wore a small black leather jacket that stopped at the bottom of her breast, white hip hugger jeans with two inch wicker wedges, and was modeling a small black leather messenger pouch. She had a set of white bug eyes place on her head and sported two medium sized silver hooped earrings.

"I do not have my license, cash, keys, and Shippo's concealment." she stated in a bored manner, as a small glimmer of amusement lit her eyes.

Kouga sighed and dug into his pockets once more. He pulled out her keys and a small necklace that held silver leaf on it and handed those two items to her. She nodded and waited for him to speak.

"Your license is in your wallet, which is hidden in your purse. Please strive not to beat your record on fastest time lost." he sighed with exasperation. The ability to wind people up has got to be bred into the Kitsune Shippo was had that uncanny ability and he's still a kit... sort of.

Kagome nodded, stood, and planted a caste kiss to the ruffled-up wolf's cheek.

"Thank you... Onii-san." she murmured as she stepped into the car, resisting the urge to bounce up and down in glee as she pulled down the looked at the keys and rolled her eyes.

'Those wolves really do have a twisted sense of humor...' she though as she skeptically eyed the small red bushy fox tail attached her car key. She sighed, took it off of the key chain, and it threw into the cup holders.

'Shippo would have a heart attack if he saw me carrying that in. Probably think I killed one of his kin.' she thought with a small chuckle as she put the key into the transmission. After starting up the car, she dug around in her bag, pulled out her IPod, and plugged it in. She allowed a small sigh of bliss to escape her lips as she put on a blood-rushing tune. Pulling the bug eyes on to her nose, she allowed a mischievous ghost of a smile to cross her lips as she let her engine roar. Kouga, who was still standing fairly close to the vehicle at this point in time, yelped and quickly jumped away from the loud and fairly clear message to move with a glare. Kagome smirked at him before tearing down the crumbling asphalt of Kouga's back alleyway. He watched her go with sadness in his eyes.

Ayame sighed from the doorway but he didn't move his sight from the alleyway she disappeared from.

"Sesshomaru just called." she informed him with a grave tone.

Kouga just nodded with a rueful smile placed on his lips. He always did hate lying to her, but it was for her own good. Knowing her, she would charge straight in and try to take control of the situation even if her fear provoked her into it.

"He has been spotted moving toward the mountains. Probably to gain some supplies before going to look for Nee-chan." Ayame stated with tears gathering in her large green orbs. "And to think we just got her back. Kouga, I'm scared for Kagome." she whimpered.

Kouga swiftly grasped her waist and pulled her to his chest.

"I am too, Koi. I am too." he whispered as she sobbed into his chest. A lone tear slipped out of the corner of his ocean blue orbs as he clutched his mate a little tighter and stared at the spot where she had driven off from. The only thing that went through his mind at this point of time was did they even have a chance without her? He shook off the feeling of dread and focused on the crying women in his arms. He would protect them both to the day he died and that was that. Kagome was just going to have learn to forgive once more

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	6. Chapter 6

_Disclaimer: I do own Yu Yu Hakusho or_ _Inuyasha._

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Healing a Blackened Heart-Chapter Six

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The high pitch screech of rubber tires rang through the air as Kagome made yet another hard turn around a sharp corner. Her engine purred as yet another cop joined her dangerous high speed chase. To be truthful, the cool female was just toying with the local police. She could easily out run all of the four cars behind her by entering one of the larger roads near her. With a large road that had straight pathway, she could easily pass their cars speed in seconds. But she was bored; she and bored never really did get along well.

Kagome rose a brow as she came up on her next four way crossing. There were tire poppers on both her left and right turns and a police barrier straight ahead. Her keen eyes quickly darted to the empty car carrying semi-truck parked on the side of the road a couple twenty yards away from the cop barrier. She snorted. Could they really make this any easier for her? This game was quickly becoming tiresome.

Quickly revving her engine, she made a vertical line for the truck. The police that had been hiding behind the truck in hopes to catch her off guard when she exited the vehicle gasped in surprise and leaped away from the U-haul. She smirked in amusement as people screamed in horror as her car did a cork screw in the air before landing on the ground and racing off once more. She frowned once more as the high pitch squeals of their sirens reached her ears through the loud bang of her rock and roll music. She was no longer amused.

Seeing an abandoned route through a nearby train station, she stuck her head out the window and readied the hidden gun that Kouga didn't even know about. One shot was all it took for the chain to break and the gate to swing open. Slamming her foot on her gas, she forced her motor to accelerate at a dangerous rate. Her chasers where quickly surrounded in a cloud of dust and where left to gape at the disappearing dot of the plate-less vehicle.

Kagome pulled over her car on to the rough gravel next to the street, pulled out her concealment charm and threw it onto the passenger seat. Her human appearance and regular youkai form flickered back and forth until her demon form settled back into placement. After turning the music off, she stepped out of the car and checked if the coast was clear. Her fuzzy black ears twitched as a small breeze blew into the soft tunnels of fur. They quickly located the soft sound of the police engines fading further and further away. With an affirmative nod she walked over to the train tracks with a coin in hand. Pricking her finger with her claws she thoroughly coated the coin with her blood and tossed into the rocks before walking back to her car, starting her long way home.

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Kurama panted as he rounded another corner, his pursuer hot on his tail. He really thought this type of behavior that he received from the opposite sex would not be found in such a simplistic work environment, but it seemed he was wrong. He quickly ducked into an alleyway and sighed in relief as his harpy pursers passed him with annoying squeals. Relief filled him as they ducked around the corner of another street, but was it quickly crushed when the manicured hand of his co-worker covered his mouth and her smaller form literally latched itself to his own. He clenched his teeth annoyance as her horrid little follower's snickers met his ear.

"Shiuchi-kun..." she purred as he easily slipped from her grasp. Her chocolate brown eyes roaming his figure lustfully as he tried to regain his cool facade while mentally glared at the young females.

"Rami-san," he addressed smoothly with clenched teeth, before he let his eyes lazily float to her under lackeys. "Mimi-san, Byu-san."

The other two airheads giggled with false flattery, totally ignoring his smooth tone of distaste.

"Is there something you girls require?" he asked warily with slight distaste shone.

The other two girls watched with lust as their leader literally pounced on his question. Rami quickly grabbed the young man's black tie and hiked her leg onto his thigh. Kurama surprised by this bold move automatically jumped back a little caging himself between the blond haired women and the brick wall.

"There definitely is something I require, Mr. Minamino." she purred as she nibbled on his pale neck. Kurama mentally shivered in disgust as she rolled her hips into his own. "Yes," she purred once more not noticing the silver sports car that pulled up outside of the alleyway. "There definitely is something I require from you."

Kagome's eyes narrowed in disgust as she rolled down her passenger side window. For the first time in a long time, the desire to help over ran her other baleful emotions and she decided to offer a means of escape to her young, scarlet haired host. Taking her black berry out of her purse, she snapped a few pictures before speaking.

"You better pray Mr. Ookami does not get these pictures, girl." she snorted coolly, her voice ringing coldly off the damp alley walls. She watched with an inkling of relief as whorish young women jumped away from their sexual harassed victim. Though why she was relieved she had no clue.

Kurama's head quickly snapped to the direction of that oh-so-familiar, seductively cold tone. His eyes widened at her new appearance. She looked utterly and flawlessly human and was sitting in a modern day vehicle. Her frigged sapphires quickly meet up with his own bewildered forest green ones before they slid back to the fuming Rami.

"And who the hell are you, slut?" Rami sneered while Mimi and Byu snickered at the hazardous young female. Kurama could feel sweat begin to gather on his temple as all his distaste quicky changed to worry. He knew the Kitsune was aware that she couldn't kill the girls because of human laws, but that didn't really reassure him much.

The corner of Kagome's lips tugged down a little further as her annoyance grew.

"Who I am should be of very little importance to you at this moment considering that you've just been caught molesting this young man." she said blandly as she motioned to Kurama. She watched with interest as the girls mouth instantly opened and started to form a spew of lewd come backs, before she cut her off once more.

"But I shall introduce myself anyhow. Considering one of us has to play the role of an adult here. You may address me as Kagome." She stated with a dangerous emphases that caused his attackers to shivering fear. "Nothing else. Now that I have answered your vilely conducted question, I will be taking this young man from your sexual disease infested paws."

Gracefully flicking her door up, Kagome started her sports car up once more and started to flick through her music. Gratefully accepting the offer to escape, Kurama strolled up to the car with a grateful smile on his face. She looked at him oddly as she put down her IPod, before quickly snorting while looking away with pale Peony cheeks. The message was written as clear as day to the young man.

_I **didn't** do it for you, Avatar._

He hid his amused smile behind his knuckles, after he finished buckling his seat beat. The irritated female scowled at him before looking away.

Rami's face contorted in anger as she glared at the petite women who lured her newest scarlet haired mission in the comfortable passenger seat of her sports car.

'I'm not giving up so easily, slut.' she thought with hostility.

Kagome, having felt the burning gaze of the blond haired waitress and feeling her unwillingness to back down, slowly turned her calculating sapphire-blue orbs to the young female's enraged muddy-brown. Her bitter cold sapphires quickly smothered the venomous flames of the youth's harsh glare with one message clearly written in her aloof orbs and by lifting the cool metal item hidden in her purse as her host reached for the car door. Rami and her two frightened followers paled as they glance at the young women's pale hand.

Kagome allowed a sadistic fanged grin to light her face as Rami's eyes meet her own. Her messenge still clearly shown as she allowed her hidden gun to glint in the sun light once more before stuffing it in her purse once more as her host looked to her.

Only after sparing the trembling female one last final look did Kagome nod to the scarlet tressed, young man. She calmly put her foot on the gas and slid out off her placement on the road side. Once the car had finally disappeared from view, Rami's knees gave out on her and she landed harshly on to the cold, filthy alley ground. Her lackeys rushed to her side, for once she couldn't even find the strength to snap at them and push them away. Empty sapphire orbs filled her thoughts as she cowered. Kagome's deadly indifferent tone filled her ears as her lackeys rushed her inside.

_I will enjoy making you bleed before the final bullet makes its way through your skull, whore. Run and hide while you can for the game of fox and mouse has just begun._

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Kurama watched the street ways go by in a blur as the clouds began to darken. His mind whirled at the sudden realization that some higher demons may still be in the human world, cloaked in human skin and hiding away from the praying eyes of modern day society and perhaps Rekai. He peaked out of the corner of his eye and securitized the humanized black vixen. What in the world was she using to cause such a believable disguise? Were their higher levels like her hidden in ningenkai? How did they come here?

He was snapped out of his mused when she started to speak.

"You're pathetic, Avatar."

Kurama's brows ticked in confusion.

"How so?" he asked leaning on the car door as he laid his chin on his hand.

"You hold one of the most dangerous, lustful beings in the history of Maikai inside your very human soul and yet you are dumbfounded on what to do when a female practically pounces on you like an animal in heat." she sneered as she pulled up to a fast food place. "Pathetic."

Though, Kurama was not fond of the harsh blow to his ego; he allowed their conversation to wait until after they got the food. Almost instantly after they exited from the drive through, he began to counter the insult, accidentally losing track of what type of demon he was dealing with. Kitsunes where after all Kitsunes.

Kurama frowned as began to state his reasoning, "Kagome, just because Rami longed in a more for me in a more... involved matter, doesn't make her anymore appealing to me than before. Secondly-" He was cut off by the cars sharp turn.

Kagome harshly pulled the car into the emergency lane, yanked her concealment charm out of her pocket and plopped herself into his lap. She paid no heed to his startled intake of breath as she slowly gained her youkai back. She grasped his chin firmly with her claws and forced him to stare at her own sapphires as she searched his aura. Kurama looked at her with wide eyes as her breath fanned on his face. A small frown tugged at her lips as she released him and looked at him oddly from the driver's seat.

'The spirit fox is still there.' She thought with a frown as she slipped on her necklace, once more ignore the boys widening of eyes as she shifted. 'So it is the same male. Who would have guessed…?'

"Ms. Kagome?" he addressed her with worry as she started the car.

"The God's must really despise that parasite of yours, Kurama."

Confused Kurama inquired. "Why?" And raised a brow at the cool fox-like smirk that lit up the young female's face and listened to her explanation with interest as took along sip of his soda.

"Who would have thought that the legendary Youko Kurama's avatar would be such a primed, prissy, prude male?" she teased indifferently, but with mirth. The next thing that was ushered from her lips caused him to choke on the carbonated liquid he was drinking. "Interested in any other males, my dear? You know what they say, a hole is a hole."

"Kagome, I assure you that I am straight." he stated firmly, after he finished coughing.

'I doubt anyone could make that statement even more uncouth, well perhaps Yusuke could.' He thought with a fond smile.

"Right…" She drawled coolly as she stared at him out of the corner of her eye.

Kurama rose a brow.

"Do I have something on my face?" he inquired as they pulled into the parking space. He watched her contemplate something, before she brought her thumb up to her mouth and licked it. She leant over and placed her hand on his neck and rubbed off the pucker pink lip stick on his neck. Kurama blushed slightly in embarrassment, causing her to inwardly snort.

'He blushes when he has a smudge on him, but not when a female straddles his waist in a very undignified manner, fool.' She grumbled inwardly.

"Your face, no. Your neck, yes. I won't let Shippo ponder the things that occurred tonight. We will get your car when you have time. If you have work tomorrow do not waste money on a bus ticket, I will take you there myself." she said as she sat back in her seat and unlocked the car doors.

"You're not coming in?" he inquired as he got out of the car and picked up the food.

She shook her head and fiddled with the foxtail in the cup holder.

"I have some place I need to be."

Kurama nodded in understanding.

"Good night, Kagome." he said with a small smile. Kagome turned away with a small snort as he closed the car door. Starting the car, she looked back at the small apartment building with a small smile and whispered, "Good night, Avatar." Before she backed out of the lot.

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Pairing: Kagome/Kurama

Muse: Song: Sixx A.M. - This Is Gonna Hurt

Beta: YusukesLover

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	7. Chapter 7

_Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha..._

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Healing a Blackened Heart - Chapter Seven

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Kurama gasped for breath as he continued to run through the unknown forest. He didn't know why he was running or even what he was running from. All he knew is that he needed to run. He needed to escape.

He ran faster. His chest heaved in gulps of air as his lungs inflated and deflated at a vigorous rate. Looking behind him to see if his pursuers were tailing him, all he see was inky darkness. He could hear them; god he could hear them. Their twisted sneers rung in his ears like the high pitch squeal of a train. The problem is he couldn't understand what they were saying. Just like how he couldn't understand why he was running. His foot got caught on a root and he fell. The cold ground stung his knees unpleasantly as stray rocks and twigs dug into the exposed skin. The loud calls of his hunters meet his ears: all he could do is curl up into a ball, and wait of the inevitable to take place.

Just when they were about to come across his beaten form, a miracle happened. A giant fox about as big as a small horse nabbed him and threw him on his back. Kurama's blue fingers clung to the fox's mane like a lifeline as it ran. He locked his feet together in hopes for a better grasp and came across something that shocked him. The life sustaining crimson life force was leaking steadily out of the black vixen's womb.

"Onee-san, you're bleeding!"

He did not know the reason why he called this unfamiliar vixen sister, but it sounded so correct. Like he was meant to allow those words to usher forth from his lips. Like he was meant to be speaking so familiarly to this abused Kitsune. The fox looked at him blankly, brokenly, hauntedly. He felt tears fall from his eyes as he burrowed his face into the soft fur of the wounded animal. He didn't know why he was crying for the sorrow of a soul he had never met, but he was. Maybe he was in a dream? Or maybe a long forgotten memory of the spirit fox that dwelled inside of him? He didn't know, but at this point he didn't care.

They were jumping from edge to edge of a ninety degree cliff now. He assumed they left the forest when he was too busy soaking it the relief the black fox provided so effortlessly. That's when his pursuers came crashing through the trees. He could feel his whole body tense as their dark figures looked at them with sadistic amusement. He would probably never forget what happened next.

Five harpoons suddenly logged themselves in the black fox's coat. The vixen let out a horse roar as they were suddenly yanked back sending both of their bodies to the edge of the hazardous cliff. Kurama held on for dear life as the fox struggled to get a grip on the edge. Her massive jaws clung on an old root like a vice on an animal's hind. Kurama could feel his grip slip as their pursers tugged on the rope that connected them together. Another tug and the silk fur of the black vixens coat slipped through his numb fingers. He did the only thing rational at the time. He screamed.

The shrill sound that he uttered was not only his but one of a young girls. Their tones over lapped and blended together in a terror struck symphony of screeches as he started to plummet toward the earth. The black vixens pupils dilated and she did the only thing she could do to save him. She sacrificed herself.

Her giant maws detached themselves from the root and her body twirled around with the little energy it had left to let her teeth enclose themselves on his clothing. Digging her claws into the soft limestone of the rocks that held them, she reared her head up and tossed him on to the cliff top. All it took was one tug to send her spiraling down to the tainted claws of their foes. They wasted no time grasped all of her appendages: front paw and back. Then they heaved.

All Kurama could see was a burst of crimson red as her limbs were torn off her form. Her yowl of pain in engraved its own place in the back of his mind. The over powering stench of her blood filled his nose and fueled his rage. But all he could think of doing at this point in time was shouting his last desperate cry as the lights started to dim.

"Onee-san!"

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Kurama bolted up in his bed, chest heaving in burst of air. Sweat covered his form as his mind started to replay the gruesome scenes that he experienced in his 'dream'. He was pretty sure that was not a dream, but he wasn't quite ready to label it as a memory from Youko. The emotions in it were so raw, so fresh. They even managed to muddle up his sense of detachment.

He sighed as he finished buttoning up his shirt before walking into the kitchen.

He wondered if the Kitsune in his dream could be a relative of Kagome's species. It was too large to be one of her own species, but the coat color and texture where nearly the same. He tried to remember the eye color of the vixen but found he was coming up blank. To be truthful he couldn't remember any of the attributes that their shadowy figures had either.

He frowned. Why was that?

A flash of orange caught his attention.

Kurama side-stepped the flying orange object just in time for it to run smack dead into the island chairs. The chairs fell over and allowed the object, or should he say person, to continue tumbling until they hit the wall. Kurama rose his brow and placed a small mocking smirk on his face as he said, "Why, good morning Shippo-san."

Shippo glared at him from his awkward position on the wall. His fox-like paws and butt were propped up against the wall while his tail, which was almost the size of a normal fox tail, was dangling down and tickling the part of his stomach that was left exposed from the shirt he wore.

"Touché, Kurama. But I will get you next time." he growled with an annoyed glare as he got up and dusted himself off.

Kurama just chuckled softly and shook his head.

"We'll see, Shippo." he stated softly as he picked up the chairs. Shippo jumped onto the island and began to inspect his lunch. The demon child looked up at the clock with in confusion, before looking to the young man.

"Why are you up so early?" He asked with confusion.

Kurama rose a brow and looked at him.

"The real question is why you are up so early? I have work before school." He stated as took his key form the hook and stuck them into his pant pocket, then turned back to Shippo. "But why are you up so early, Shippo?"

"Waiting for Mama to come back, she has my clothes." He said with a nonchalant shrug. Suddenly, the young boy brightened. "Oh! Ma's morning Jo!"

Kurama watched him with confusion as he jumped from the island to the kitchen counter. Morning Jo? What in the world is that?

Shippo shuffled through the cupboards with his sensitive noise looking for that familiar comfortable scent. He let out a small cry of accomplishment as he found the item he was looking for. Grabbing the jug of coffee with excitement, he jumped over the sink and began to make the hot beverage.

Kurama's eyebrows furrowed not remembering that certain jug in the cupboard. He never bought coffee, mostly because he never drunk the same high caffeine containing beverage... She couldn't have?

A soft knock brought him out of his musing. He was just going to answer the door when Shippo shot out of the room and with a delighted cry. Kurama was just going to go after him when he caught sight of the forgotten beverage. Curious, he lifted he cup and sniffed it lightly.

He frowned. So Morning Jo is just coffee? Who in the world came up with that idiotic term?

"If you are finished degrading yourself and my poor drink," started a sharp feminine voice causing the avatar to jump slightly and crane his head toward the direction of the kitchen entrance. Kagome rose a brow as she continued to stare at him from the doorway. "Could you hand me my coffee?"

The avatar nodded and held out the drink for her to take. Kagome pushed herself off the wall and walk toward him, entering the bright light of the kitchen. She was wearing a black tee that had the word 'Meh' written in huge letters in front of it and had on blood red fuzzy pajama pants. Her hair was in a braid and cascaded down her back to her butt. Her charm was on her neck hiding her ears and tail.

"Shippo is upstairs getting ready. He was very... Delighted to hear that you will be with us for most of the car ride." she stated as she took the coffee from him. "It seems you made quite a large impression on him..."

"Well, I-" he started but was soon cut off by the cool female.

"Stop doing it." Kagome stated with an underlining tone of disapproval before taking a long drink of her coffee.

Kurama blinked in confusion.

"Stop doing what?"

"Stop doing whatever it is your doing that is making him become attached to you."

Kurama frowned.

"Kagome, I cannot make Shippo come to like me, any more than I can make you to approve of me. It is simply a choice on his part to get attached to me, whether you like it or not."

She looked at him oddly, before she turned around and walked away.

"Just try not to get too attached to us, Avatar. We have a notorious history of disappearing. I wouldn't want you to get hurt when I manage to elude you..."

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The old table squeaked in protest as his brown rag harshly ran over the small speck of dry food over and over again. Kurama frowned at the small particle of scum before spraying it once more. Really, he had sprayed it like ten times already but the speck refused to budge. His ear twitched as it overheard the old couple the table over whisper over the morning news.

"Those poor girls..." whispered the old women. "To be killed in such a gruesome way and have their disfigured forms spread around like this... I hope their families find peace."

"Whoever did this to those innocent young ladies must have been one hell of an unlucky shot. Look at all those bullet cuts. They look like they kept grazin' them before finally putting one through the noggin."

The old women shook her head.

"Nah, dearie, the girls probably got those from the knife he used on them. Look how deep the cuts are: definitely a knife." the old women stated as she drank her coffee and looked at the newspaper. "Oh look, it says they where workers here."

At this Kurama's ears perked. They worked here?

"Is that so? Well, maybe if we ask someone they can give the girls families our sincerity." His eyes searched the room until they landed on Kurama. "Hey, Boy! Would you get over here!"

Kurama's head turned to their direction as the old women kicked her husband's ankle from under the table.

"Always so rude, Nicholas." she huffed as the old man whined. Kurama bit back a chuckle as he approached the two regular customers that he rarely got to serve.

"Is there anything I can do for you, miss?" he inquired knowingly causing the old women to chuckle.

"Oh, we already know you were listening, Shuichi." she stated with mirth, causing him to wonder how in the world the women managed to remember the staff's names. "You're so noticeable when you're actually paying attention and not off in that little world of yours."

He smiled politely as he listen to the older man's grumbles on how his wife was a witch earning him another kick.

"Anyway will you tell Mimi's, Byu's and Rami's folks that were terribly sorry for their loss." she asked with a sad tone.

Kurama's lips lost their curl.

"Rami-san, Byu-san and Mimi-san are dead? I just saw them yesterday..." he asked with slight disbelief.

The old women nodded, sadly and handed him the paper they were inspecting.

"Yeah, bodies were found floating in a park lake early in morning. Along with two other unknown young girls." the old man said bitterly as Kurama unraveled the rolled parchment. His eyes narrowed at the image he saw. There where the three girls bodies on the front page. Their bodies where indeed mangled. Deep cuts and lacerations covered their skin in a wide variety. Each girl had wide eyes and a prominent bullet hole in their skull. Their faces where twisted up in expressions of pure horror and agony. Deep indents around their wrist showed that they were bound and tied. The thing that confused Kurama is that there was no signs of bondage on their ankles meaning that the girls a had the use of their feet. But why would a murder allow his or her victim a means of escape?

'Unless the reason was to allow the girls to attempt to escape... What a sadistic bastard.' Suddenly his eyes narrowed in at one of the cuts that covered most of Rami's back that seem different from the rest. Five long lines covered most of the girls back... They almost looked like...

His eyes widened and he curtly looked to the older women.

"Who where the other to girls? And why are they not being shown?" he asked hoping he was mistaken.

The older women frowned.

"Those two where in such bad shape, the police put them off-limits to be shown in the newspaper and television." she stated solemnly. "They think some type of canine was used on the last two. They said that claw marks and teeth marks where all over the skin. Their faces where ripped clean off."

Kurama nodded to old women and assured her that the message would be received, before checking out of the restaurant and heading to school. He had a fox to question as soon as he was out and he would stay up all night if he had to if it meant he would receive the answers he was not hoping for.

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Kagome gritted her teeth as she hopped threw the window. It was about one in the morning but she needed to know Shippo was still okay with the avatar. She needed to know that they hadn't figured out that she had him with her. He was so comfortable around the avatar... She couldn't take that away from him just yet.

She hissed softly as she put more pressure on her wounded side. More of the crimson fluid slipped through the thin fabric of the cloth and coated her pale fingers.

Forest green eyes watched her from the other side of the room with distaste.

"It seems you have already mange to elude me, Kagome." he said coldly and watched with predatory satisfaction as her from jumped causing more of the crimson to spill out of her open wound. She hissed in pain as he stalked forward continuing his speech, "I see, one of them managed to fight back, ne Kagome?"

"What the hell are you talking about, Avatar?" she stated with a hiss as he started to circle her.

"What did those poor girls do to you, Kagome-san?" He asked as he look circled her. She looked at him in confusion. "What did they do to deserve such terror before you ripped them to pieces?"

"What girls, you idiot? I didn't wound any idiotic human females! Yeah, sure I was thinking about having some fun with that whore, Rami, but I wouldn't actually end her life! I couldn't no matter how much I wish I could! There are laws here in the human world for us demons, Avatar. And breaking just one means a one way ticket back to Makai or death. So WHY would I risk the safety of both myself and my kit just to kill a bunch of whores!" she snarled as she backed toward the window ready to make a break for it.

"Then explain to me, just why you are bleeding? And where were you last night?" he inquired coldly.

She hissed at him like an angry cat and blandly cussed, "Fuck you, Avatar!" Before disappearing out the window.

The avatar blinked in surprise before rage bubbled up in his chest. Where the rage came from he didn't know but the snarl that course threw him was the thing that brought him back to earth. Realization hit him like a brick wall and a small amount of guilt made its way through his system. He didn't truly know the number of high levels that lived in the city, nor should he have doubted the amount of sheer will Kagome put in all to protect her kit. In truth he knew nothing, and the reasonable human responds was to jump to the first thought that came to mind. Sadly, the first thought was Kagome. He shouldn't have made such a foolish mistake. He wasn't human. He was an avatar: a human that held most of the knowledge of the demon that was housed inside of him. He shouldn't have made such a low class mistake.

He sighed and ran a hand threw his scarlet tresses as he stared out the open window with a nagging tug of guilt. There was nothing he could do about it now. All he could do was hope that he would be there when she came back for the kit.

Youko Kurama was mad. No. He was downright pissed! How could Red do that to their lovely Vixen?! Did he not smell the purity in her scent?! Did he not see the hurt that flashed in her eyes for the briefest for seconds before disappearing into pure rage?! How could he do this to their little miko?!

He snarled inside his dark black abyss.

The truth was the rage the demon container had was not of his own but of the silver fox's. Oh how that fox wish he could just transform on the spot and run to the vixen and lick her wounds away. But no he was stuck in here!

A fanged smirk stretched across his face.

But not for long. Once she finds out that Red has the serum, she will no doubt have to confess her special ability.

He chuckled darkly as he curled himself into a tight ball. Just a little longer. Just a little longer.

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Pairing: Kagome/Kurama

Muse: Song: Dying by Five for Fighting

Beta:YusukesLover

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	8. Chapter 8

_Disclaimer : I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha..._

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Eight

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Kagome gritted her fangs as she tried once more to slice through the swift regenerating black hide of the monster before her. It had been nearly three days since her argument with the avatar, and her wounded pride still stung. But it was nothing compared to the numerous wounds she received from these things after her. They were really staring to piss. Her. Off. With all this master and mistress shit.

The slimy black creature cackled darkly as her claws became stuck in its inky black flesh.

"When will you give in mistress~" it taunted as it lifted it giant scrap metal claws to bring down on her. Kagome quickly ripped her other talons into its flesh and did three consecutive back flips to dodge the clumsy contraptions. The creature's four foot long claws slammed into the black top of the dark alley, causing the earth to crumble from its weight. She panted heavily in her crouch as her numerous wound profusely, eyeing her opponent as it continued to babble about its unknown master.

From the information she gathered from fighting multiple of these things for three days straight, she ascertained that these things could not be seen by human eyes and were unheard by human ears. They seemed to create barriers around the areas they fought so that the damage caused was unseen to anyone that passed through it. The creatures were not so unlike some of the blob-like lower demons in appearance but their skins seemed to be never-ending. They also could absorb items and place them in their body. The only thing that seemed to be organic in origin in this one was the fox skull it used to attack those five girls and frame her. She seethed at the thought.

Kagome clenched her teeth to the point of almost breakage as the creature lunged at her once more. She really hated using her youki, but it seems she had no choice. The others where much weaker. So it was easy for her to dispose of them with her claws by finding their main organs, but this one was different... stronger.

Grabbing her gun from its placement in the waist of her now tattered pants, she infused her dark youki into the bullet and fired. The creature shrieked in horror as the bullet entered its body. The untamed power of her youki ripped its every essence apart causing its form to crack and splinter. It laughed manically as it sang its final words, "Kagome Kagome, the bird in the cage~"

Kagomes eyes widened then narrowed in anger. Shooting five extra youki infused bullet, not caring if she wasted her energy, she hissed at the monstrosity in rage. Deep sapphires darkened in satisfaction as it screamed in agony, before shattering into a million pieces. She dropped to her knees with a wry and twisted smirk on her lips as the beast's shattered body dusted around her.

'Five thousand years and yet those words continue to haunt my very soul.' she thought in self-disgust as she forced herself to her feet. Wounded and bleeding heavily, she continued her way to her destination with hurry.

'I can't let firefly catch up...' She thought with a grunt. 'I am in no position to battle. If I do, I risk exposing our secret. Not to mention the jewel might awaken.'

A soft bitter laugh made its way out her lips as she continued to hobble away.

'Why do I even try to protect you? After all you done to me...'

As if hearing her bitter defeat, the hidden pink orb pulsed in happiness and sorrow from underneath her skin. A rueful smile appeared on her lips as she continued to walk into the darkness of the night.

'Soon it will be all over... And I could care less for your arrival, Shikon-tama. I will enjoy this while I can... For my only regret was being so misinformed about your very existence.'

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Kurama nearly groaned as his temple pulsed once more. He has had an ongoing migraine ever since the day after the female vixen left. It was really a pain. He had a faint idea that his pain was caused by the spirit fox inside of him who seemed to be pretty ticked off since Kagome's departure. He could practically feel the fox's glare at his consciousness in the back of his mind. Though at first the thought of the spirit having this much power but never wielding it had disturbed him greatly and caused his mind to go on hyperdrive. But now it was almost comforting it have a that mental glare to remind him of the female fox.

Kurama sighed and looked at the window in semi-longing as Shippo looked at him knowingly. He could feel the kits amusement for his suffering and irked him just a little. Okay, it irked him quite a bit. The kit first refused to show him where the young woman escaped to stating he hadn't have a clue, but it was pretty obvious he was lying. You could practically feel the amusement rolling off the kit in waves. It was tiresome.

Kurama's sharp forest green eyes shifted to the kit with a blank cold glare. Shippo was in the proper time period clothing, enjoying his suffering. His glare intensified further. The kit was eating a giant cherry lollipop on the open window sill where his mother disappeared from; the scarlet tressed man's guilt grew.

The pressure on his conscience and power of his migraine increased.

Kurama nearly groaned in agony and annoyance as his mind filled with images of her enraged sapphire orbs along with the brief look of hurt that passed over her face he discovered when he replayed the conversation over again the night after the argument. When was this dreadful nagging guilt going to disappear? Forcing himself not to looking into the tug of shame too much, Kurama began to focus on the subject of Kitsunes in whole. It felt like they been here forever, even though it had only been a week since they dropped into his life.

He frowned thoughtfully as the pain in his temple decreased. Maybe Youko wished for him to think about the two Kitsunes?

He can't really complain about their presence, if anything them being around helped him be more at ease then anything. Maybe it's because of the silver fox spirit inside of him, but he felt as if he belonged with the Kitsunes. He felt more connected with both Shippo and Kagome then he had with any human other than his mother and the old gang. Must because of that silver.

He smirked softly as he began to dry the wet dinner dishes in the calming light of the dawn.

Oh dear, he was beginning to sound like the Kagome. He shouldn't come to detest his other half that could cause some problems.

He chuckled as he finished putting the plates away. The guilt resurfaced as his eyes connected with the blue coffee container on the first shelf. It was already the weekend and the black kitsune still had not made a reappearance.

'Three moons...' He heard Youko growl from the back of his mind causing the pressure on his skull to reappear. Kurama gritted his teeth as he rubbed his temples. Now of all times the fox decide to speak?

He frowned as the pain intensified. Moody thing isn't he?

Again a sharp twinge of pain shot through his body. He winced slightly, before taking a seat on one of the island chairs and laid his head on the cool kitchen counter. It was Friday and he was planning to enjoy his weekend off, but it seemed he wouldn't be enjoying it like he planned. Damn.

Shippo looked at the avatar in amusement from his perch on the window ledge. He nibbled the giant cherry lollipop with his sharp fangs as he studied the young man he grown semi-close to.

'He's sulking just like mama does, quietly and discreetly.' He smiled mischievously as the young man sighed softly. 'And for days on end. Hm...'

Shippo eyed the crimson haired man warily; he knew the man didn't mean to condone his mother. It was only the natural response, but that didn't mean he was going to let him off the hook so easily. He was very protective of his mama since it seemed that no one but him and a handful of others really cared for the cool ex-miko. So her getting hurt emotionally was not something he would take lightly. More so, since she seemed to be opening up a lot more over the last few years.

Cracking off a large piece of the lollipop into his mouth, Shippo eyed the man's dress. He never really got to see Kurama in his casual clothing, but he had to admit it was kind of interesting to see him in 'normal' teenage clothing. He was wearing a large pine green sweater and baggy blue jeans, along with white sneakers. His crimson tresses where in a messy low ponytail, which sort of made him look like a girl.

Shippo giggled at this thought, causing Kurama to look at him oddly.

Brushing off the odd look since his family seemed to get it all the time when they are at home, he hopped out of the open window ledge and walk over to Kurama with hands stuffed casually in his jean pockets. Grabbing the older man's hand with surprising force, he began to drag Kurama out the door.

Confused, Kurama began to ask were Shippo was dragging him off to only to have him jump on his the small table near the door way and dangle the car keys in front of the avatar's face.

"We're going to go and find mother." he stated in an authoritative tone that caused Kurama to quirk his eyebrow. "You are going to have to follow my exact orders if you want to get anywhere with her. Especially if you want to get rid of your confusion about us. So are ya willing?"

Kurama blinked in surprise and took the keys gently from the kit's grasp. Shippo in return gave him a huge smile and nodded in confirmation, before running out the door with his sliver leaf charm dangling one his neck.

"Come on, Kurama-baka!"

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Crimson eyes and sharps claws traced over the well-worn paint of a portrait of the young women it captured. Her dazzling sapphires held unrivaled innocence and trust that was long ago forgotten and abused. They also hid great sadness and despair in the deep blue depths, sadness and despair he longed to see. Her pale skin was free of blemishes and markings as her crimson kimono slipped off both her shoulders and cascaded around her like a river. Her black tresses tumbled down her back in smooth waves that her longed to bury his claws into. The young women's figure was facing a blood drenched sliver moon in the inkiness of the night and in her hand was a small pink jewel that was chained to her waist, chained to her soul.

A fanged smirked made its way on to the face of the portrait's caresser.

"How long ago was it since I captured her in real light?" the shadowy figure questioned as his fingers slipped from the canvas in a dark loving caress. His soft footsteps echoed off the cave walls as he took up his favorite brush. Her favorite brush...

Mixing the paint to together, he began to recreate her image, while longing for the real one to be beside him joining their brushes in a graceful dance. His fantasy was interrupted by a scream of shrill pain. Frowning in annoyance he walked over to the smaller connected cave and looked at distorted figure of the spy with disapproval as he writhed in pain from the center of the ceremony circle. His face was cracking in a web-like fashion as black blood oozed from the wound. Suddenly five more black spider web like wounds appeared on varying parts on the spy's body. Black blood bled from his ears, eyes, and mouth as his soul was slowly dragged down to the netherworld to be eaten by the creature summon.

A sadistic smile made his way onto pale lips.

'lt seems she finally used her youki, about time.' he thought as he threw the body onto the large bubbling lava pit.

Taking in the wonderful aroma of burning flesh, the dark haired male smiled mockingly.

"Smells like home." he said with a chuckle as he returned to his paint.

He would give her a little break before sending more summons. Even shadows needed a break from the sun's rays: that's why night was night created.

"Kagome, Kagome, the bird in the cage~" he hummed softly.

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Pairing: Kagome/Kurama

Muse: Song: Kagome Kagome by Vocaloid (I was watching it in the middle of the nigh right before I went to go pee and safe to say I never left my bed until morning... I was nearly leaking when the sun came up!)

Beta: YusukesLover

Reviews

DarkDragonessFliesEveryWhere: Um... *Twiddles fingers* I-I can't accept those, Dragoness-chan. *waves hands franticly* Its not like I don't want to ! I swear I really did try everything to make those names work but t-they just can't! The only one that came close to the dark meaning was Harii! But i just don't know how to make the name fit! *Sinks to the floor in chibi form with big tears* I so SORRY! TT-TT

Silversun XD: Thanks Sunny-chan! Glad you like it So much! ^_^

Deathstarling556: You should be afraid... Very afraid! Mwahahaha! Coz the writer is me! }:D And youko is me Favorate!

Guest: Updated, my Dear friend!

FabulousSleepyHead: The serum will be explained in a chapter or two! Depending if I'm feeling inspired by the names or not. Oh and I got your pm. Sorry, just couldn't reply right away! But thats great that you got to see the movie! I got my glasses fixed yesterday! they look like their brand new! 3 so happy!

Band Whore Named Olober: Wow great name! Gets my vote! *Giggles* If I had one any way!

FoxLuna: Ah, us humans and our insecuriys aren't they great? Well at least youko got kagome her revenge in his own way! :D

Lunardragon33: Updated!

FeatherlessWings:Thanks! :D Awesome names!

**Names**

Atsushi

Akako

Ankoku

Kegareta

Kurochi

Shiga Motaratsu

Zansatu

**Need Three names with_dark meanings _Or no new chappy if you didn't notice I created this chapter a week ahead of time *wink* after I got the three names!**


	9. Chapter 9

_Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha..._

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Nine

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The soft bristling of her brush was all that was heard in the silent darkness of her hidden sanctuary. Fluent strokes ran over the canvas in a graceful dance of color, following thee blood coated hand that held it. Kagome took another swig of her liquor as she continued to work on the painting from her high stool. Wounds still covered her form, spilling forth her crimson life force to the tiles below her carpet. Another stroke of her brush along with another drag of liquor. Sapphire orbs narrowed at the jug of highly potent alcohol that she held with a frown.

'It's empty...' she thought with a small pout as her eyelids began to get heavy. Shaking herself awake, she got out of her chair and prowled to the small cabinet in the corner of the canvas filled room, ignoring the way her wounds gushed more blood as she walked. Opening the doors, she carefully looked at each choice of poison in the cabinet.

'Koorime Ice, Black Blood, Dragon Slayer, Hell's Broth,' the black kitsune. listed as she looked to each of the jugs. Her indifferent orbs zoned in on the last bottle on the second shelf and she smirked. 'Ogre Killer.'

Grabbing the old jug by its handle before making her way back with a small stumble in her step. She hummed a little drunken tune as she took her first swig. Kagome sighed in contentment as the liquor bubbled down her throat and its fumes burned her sensitive nose, before starting on her painting once more with tainted hands. She knew that tonight she most definitely did not want to stay sober. She was tired, but she didn't want to sleep. The nightmares will come just like they do very time she closes her eyes. Even with being comatose by her liquor or an extremely strong sleep aid; like the ones Kouga buys her under the counter, they still come, just not as strong. Taking another large swig, she sighed as she got ready for whatever was going to come to her tonight.

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"We're here!" Shippo squealed as he bounded out of Kurama's car into the abandoned freight yard, causing Kurama to blink in surprise as he finished turning off the car, then followed him out into the old train yard.

"Are you positive, Shippo?" he asked in confusion as he followed the kit through the maze of carts.

"Ah-huh~" he chirped merrily as he started to scurry around the gravel.

Kurama watched him closely in confusion as to what he was looking for.

"Now where was it...?" the red Kit mumbled as he continued to dart around. "I know it's around here somewhere- Ah! Here!" he exclaimed in excitement from the middle of the small patch of gravel.

Kurama walked up to him in confusion for he spotted no means of an entrance into the earth. Spotting his confusion, Shippo giggled knowingly before he started to explain.

"I'm an illusion Kitsune!" he told the confused Avatar with pride as he took off his necklace. "Otherwise known as a Fire Kitsune, or the older term a Common Blue Blaze. We specialize in illusions, transformations and can create a blue flame with our youki! See!"

Kurama watched with interest as the now demonized boy gathered his youki to his hand to create a bright blue ball of fire.

He nodded in understanding and amusement.

Shippo turned to the gravel and started to undo the illusion he placed onto it. Kurama watched with interest as the gravel slowly faded from sight to reveal a port hole in the ground. Shippo look at him sheepishly.

"Could you help me move it?"

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Velvet black fox ears twitched at the sound of the door to their owner's room being opened.

"Whoever you are come back tomorrow; I'm trying to defeat the evil Dr. Tofu!" she mumbled into her carpet as she continued to lay face down into the blood soaked matting. Little dancing bacon slices swam in her vision as she slowly opened her eyes "NO! I will never eat your disgusting tofu bacon minions! No! No! Not the ducky! Not the Ducky! Go to hell Soldier Boy!"

Shippo looked at his mother in confusion as she continued to curse at the mini bacons dancing in her vision. He slowly inched closer to her face down position on the floor. When he was about two inches from her drunken form she suddenly screamed, "DIE MINI NARAKU'S! DIE!"

Shippo jumped ten feet up in the air like a startled a cat: tail and fur sticking up everywhere, and landed on Kurama's head and shoulders. His claws dug into the older man's head causing the red haired avatar to wince inwardly, before he detached the frightened kit from his locks and placed him on the floor. After Shippo put all his wits back in place, he shot the avatar an apologetic look before approaching his mother oncce more never leaving the safety of Kurama's leg.

"Mama?" he called out from behind Kurama. Kurama rose a brow at Shippo before looking at the female Kitsune on the floor. He would later silently admit that the way she stopped mumbling with a twitching ear was quite adorable, but for now he was on edge for he could not predict what in the world the female fox was going to do next. Suddenly her form vanished along with the weight on his side. His head whipped to the side at Shippo startled squeal.

"Mother!" he exclaimed in surprise as she crushed him into her chest.

"Oh, my baby!' she cried as she twirled him in the air before crushing him back into her bosom. "Mama loves you so much, Shippo! Every single part of you!" she held him by his tail and hugged it. "Especially your tail, my son! I love your tail so much!" Kagome turned the started boy upright once more and squeezed the life out of him. "Why do you get a tail, Shippo, and I don't!"

Kurama narrowed his eyes at this statement. The 'I don't part` stuck out like a sore thumb.

"But mom you do have a tail!" he wheezed from her tight embrace. As soon as those words exited his mouth he found himself flat on the floor and his mother looking behind her.

"Oh, look I do! Get back here!" she growled as she started to chase it. Kagome abruptly stopped when she something bright red entered the corner of her eye. As she turned her head to face him, Kurama tensed not knowing what to expect. Kagome vanish once more and appeared right in front of him. She grabbed one of his forelocks and tugged him down so that her face was two inches from his own.

She pouted.

"That's no fair. Your hair is better than mine back then. Stupid fox. Can't even make his genes even a tad imperfect." she muttered as her eyelids began to drop. Letting go of his captured forelock, she suddenly nuzzled her head into his chin with a purr.

"You smell really good, Red-kun." she rumbled to the shell-shocked man as she buried her face in his clothing. "Like honey and roses... It's very relaxing..."

Shaking himself out of his shock, Kurama was about to reply to her when he noticed she was asleep. Frowning lightly for it seemed his questions will have to wait for tomorrow; he looked for the kit and found him entering the room with a large first aid kit. Gently laying her down on the padded carpet floor, he allowed the kit to approach.

"Baka-gome, you got blood everywhere." Shippo growled as he dragged the medical kit over. He ordered the avatar to leave and wrapped his mother carefully, making sure not to disturb her. Once done he popped his head out of the door.

"Kurama, I need your help to carry her." he asked droopy-eyed. It was midnight now: way past his bed time, the trip had took most of the day and his energy. Right now he just wanted to sleep.

The avatar sent him a small teasing smile.

"Tired, Shippo?"

The said kit scowled at him.

"Shut up and help me."

Kurama picked up the female fox with small smile and began to follow the irked Kit into her bedchamber. He noticed that younger fox changed his mother from her bloodied clothing to a dark blue silk nighty. Though injured and bruised, she was still quite beautiful. He expected the blue would bring out her amazing sapphires even more when she awake. The bedroom was connected to the art room they found her in. It was very simple with only a queen sized bed with night blue sheets and a dark iron frame, a matching nightstand next to it, and a black dresser.

After laying the sleeping female on to the bed gently, he began to assess the kit's healing abilities. Kurama wasn't so shocked to find that most of the wrappings where done correctly for he assumed this happened at the time to the kits mother, but he was surprised to find that the herbs they used contained demonic energy. And not just any demonic energy, male silver kitsune demonic energy. Youko's growl rattled his very bones.

Competition.

Pushing aside those dangerous thoughts for now, he pulled the covers up to the female fox's chin. Aware that the young kit was watching him with dewy vision, he only allowed himself a brief inspection. Once he tucked Kagome he quickly retracted his hands and started to make his way out of the room, when a small paw grabbed onto his sleeve stopping him.

Kurama looked at the bleary eyed Shippo with confusion.

"Where do you think you're goin', Kurama?" he questioned puzzled.

Kurama looked at him oddly.

"To the other couch to sleep."

Shippo shook his head furiously.

"No, you're not." he stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "You're sleeping with mom and me."

Kurama was about to object when Shippo cut him off.

"I don't want to hear about all this indecency crap, Red." he growled annoyed. "Mama sleeps in puppy piles all the time, especially with Inu-" he stopped himself from speaking the long unused name of his hero figure. "Never mind, just do what you want." he whispered softly with renewedsorrow as he hobbled over to his mother and curled himself into a ball.

Kurama frowned at the kit's sudden change of attitude. It changed from extreme determination to depression with just a mention of this dog person. Who was he to the two foxes? And why was Shippo so affected by a mere name?

Sighing, Kurama decided to obliged the kit's request, and crawled into bed with him. Shippo's depressed frown quickly turned into a bright smile as he did. He doubted heavily that the female will be happy with this picture in the morning.

Oh well.

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Pairing: Kagome/Kurama

Muse: YOU PEOPLES! :D

Beta: YusukesLover

Reviews

Silversun XD: Updated my dear friend!

Deathstarling556: Well save those names so I can write some more! And your right sir-duche-a-lot may or may not have a deep connection to Kaggerz! But you didn`t hear it forom me! ;)

Band Whore Named Olober: Another lovely name my dear! I appreciate it!

FabulousSleepyHead: Great names made their way on my board!

FoxLuna: Sorry if I confused you Luna-chan! They were just the ones sent in and I put them up to no one would use the same name again. I'll tell you the names I pick and their meanings once the vote is out! K?

Names That Were Sent In! (Not Voting Yet)

Atsushi

Akako

Ankoku

Kegareta

Kurochi

Shiga Motaratsu

Zansatu

Kurai

Mujona

Kumori

Jaaku

Yami

Kuro

Akuma

**Holy poop people! *O* I never expected to get so many names! Thank you so much! You know the drill! Three names then I write! :)**


	10. Chapter 10

_Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha..._

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Healing a Blackened Heart-Chapter Ten

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Long raven lashes pulled back to reveal dazed sapphire hues. Kagome laid in her spot, gazing at her ceiling in calm amazement trying to process the facts of her slumber.

'I-I didn't have a single memory.' she thought as she ran her hands through Shippo's hair. Kagome suddenly frowned not remembering her little kit's hair being so long. Looking down, her eyes abruptly widened in surprise at the bright crimson mop of hair resting on her stomach. Sharp claws sprung to action in instinct. They were inches away from her unaware victim's jugular when she jerked back her hand after seeing the pale face of the male that took care of her and her kit.

Kagome blinked multiple times in her half sitting position.

'What the hell...?' she thought puzzled. Suddenly her head whirled as the events from last night filed into her memory. She groaned in embarrassment and slowly laid back down with the avatar's head still positioned on her stomach. Kagome glared at the roofing above her with a dangerous glower as she tried to force down the blush that was fighting to appear. Slowly without her knowing her clawed hand began to inch toward the avatar's silky ruby locks. The female kitsune's sapphire hues once again connected the avatar's prone from as she willed the claws that sat in his crimson locks to run through them.

A soft hint of hope entered her eyes as she continued to stare at Kurama's relaxed form. He was curled around Shippo in semi-protective embrace. The scarlet haired man's head was lying on her stomach with a hand resting on her waist and one arm cushioning Shippo's head. Both of them where snuggled up to her side. Shippo clung to her tail like it was one of his favorite toys, his face buried in the silk fur allowing the kit's warm breath to fan over her black pelt.

Kagome's sharp claws softly ran over the young man's skull in thought.

'The only thing that changed was him. I still have those things playing with me when Shippo sleeps with me, so he must be the reason I've hadn't woken up screaming bloody murder.' she thought with a small frown as she looked at the boy with dark possessiveness.

"I really hope you know what you've just done, Avatar. Because now your never getting away from me. You're mine now. And I'll never let her touch you." she whispered with a dark grin.

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He was hiding this time. He didn't know why or where he was hidden, but he just knew he just had to. It was dark and humid where he was, the walls of his safe sanctuary where wooden, rough, and bumpy. This lead him to believe he was hidden somewhere in the body of a tree. There was a small opening into his hideaway: just small enough for him to slip through for a necessary escape. There was also a small peep hole in what he guess was the front of the tree, that he didn't dare look out of. He could both hear and smell enough of what was occurring without seeing it.

His eyes clench shut as another piercing scream ripped from another tortured individual's throat. Tears gathered in his eyes as the figures feminine voice begged for their attacker to stop over and over. Kurama could smell the blood from the female victim and the sick twisted arousal of the male attacking her. It didn't take a genius to figure out what was occurring outside of the safety of is hiding place. Suddenly the screaming stopped along with the breath of the female figure. He could feel the putrid gaze of the poor soul's attacker staring right through his hiding place with amusement. Kurama's blood froze at the man's soul piercing gaze.

'He knew where I was this whole time.' he though in horror as his small body clung to wall like a life line.

"Don't make this harder for yourself, Washi. Maybe if you come out and beg then I'll go easy." the older man snorted with sadistic humor. Much to Kurama's displeasure his body began to move to its own accord. 'Washi' crawled out of her hiding place with a quivering form and looking into the man's crimson orbs with fear as she began to walk closer in fright. Kurama began to struggle against the tight bonds of his control relentlessly, but he just couldn't figure out how to break the cage this girl had on his soul. This had to be a dream. Just when he was about to give up and relent to the fact that he was going to experience something almost impossible to happen to a male, something pulled him back in to his own body. His world burst in a blinding state of white as a deep roar of anger echoed in his ears.

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Kagome frowned as she continued to circle the still dozing avatar that was tangled in her bedding. It was about twelve in the afternoon; Shippo ran off somewhere after she scolded him properly and warned him once again about climbing into her bedding after her when she was resting. The young kit tried to use alligator tear to wiggle his way out of the situation earning him a whack on the skull. Just because he knows her weak spot doesn't mean he has the right to use it against her: she had trained him too well.

Kagome frowned and glared at the glass container she found hidden in the avatar's car from across the room. She spotted it when she was... inspecting his vehicle this morning. Truth be told, the only thing that kept her from spilling his blood right now was that she needed him to answer her questions before she mangled his disgusting corpse, but his soft snores were really starting to test her patience.

Suddenly her eyes glinted with something that could only because sadistic pleasure as an idea struck her.

Sharp talons slowly dragged themselves roughly up the young man's pale ivory arm leavening angry red welts in their path. They crawled across his collar bone and onto the soft exposed skin of Kurama neck.

Kagome licked her lips in anticipation as the thrill of another silent kill went through her body and melted her bones. Her chest vibrated in a purr as pale deadly fingers wrapped around the tainted miko's slumbering victim. Adrenaline seeped through her pores as she straddled the unconscious male's waist and her pupils shrunk into black hell-like silts with sapphire fighting vermilion in a difficult battle of wills.

Shippo's nose twitched at the smell of her excitement in his hiding place in one of the damn caves of their sanctuary. Emerald orbs shrunk to the point of dots and his form shook as he dashed through the tunnel in hopes to stop the bloodthirsty female.

A black onyx tail swung left to right showing its owner's dangerous mood as the black vixen hands slowly wrapped around her prey's neck. Vermilion crimson has over taken most of the young killer's orbs symbolizing the thick liquid her body was aching to spill, but she couldn't. She just couldn't. Why couldn't she?

Specks of sapphires appeared in Kagome's vermilion overrun orbs as her demonic power swirled around her and the young man, she clutched closer to her as she fought the voices that called for bloodshed in her mind. Forest green eyes snapped open as the young man awoke from his slumber. Kurama eye widened his whole body stiffened at the unknown weight on top of it and the unknown dancing black light that swirled and pranced around on his flesh. Forcing the bleariness out of his vision at the clear sign of danger, his head snapped down to the young female was on top of him and all previous plans for battle flew out of his head at the pained feeling she gave off as she clutched his hoodie with a death grip.

Shippo busted threw the doors, causing the young women to whimper in pain due to her heightened hearing and the young man with her to jump and look at the kit with surprised confusion. The kit looked terrified of his mother but still managed to run over to the Kurama and whimper out with a petrified voice, "We have to leave now!"

The young kit made a grab for the women to throw her off of him but was scared back by the beastly snarl that emerged from the Avatar. Shippo jumped away with a hiss and chatter of his own and landed on the other side of the room with tail high in the air and two paws and claws on the floor. He yipped and chattered in his ancient tongue as he stood on edge of transforming.

Kurama looked at him with bewildered forest green eyes, unaware of a certain fox spirit's presence in his consciousness.

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Youko Kurama was not one to usually lose his temper but the broken fragments that the kit kept yipping to him was starting to test him.

"Given up... Red eyed man... Chase..."

His lips pressed into a thin line.

"Mother innocent... No energy... Evil soul..."

Yoko growled to himself as the young women in his other half arm's whimpered in pain. He had a small idea of what was wrong but why the vixen would reduce herself to such a state he had no clue. Nor could he help when he was in here.

"Weak... Fight... Need help... Have serum... Don't know what will happen..."

Golden depths widened then narrowed as the spirit demon quickly barked back the affirmative, though he severely doubted the kit heard his sharp sound.

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Kurama had no clue why the kit stopped barking and hissing at him or when he had became so fast, but those facts in this situation didn't seem to matter since he just had a very familiar liquid forced down his throat. The wrinkled soggy fruit of the past life potion rolled around freely on the glass covered wooden floor of the small vixen's bedroom as the similar tingling feeling of the transformation took a hold of him. This time Kurama couldn't help but notice how the sensation was different. Suddenly his lights began to dim and the light of the silver fox inside him reawakened.

Green changed to gold. Crimson to silver. And porcelain to ivory.

The legendary bandit's golden eyes opened and his aura wrapped around the young female that he held in bed with him. Youko hissed in anger as his hunch was affirmed. The major problem was something he could not fix, only put off. She did invoke the beast's hunger, but it seems it refused to take the meal given, leaving both her and it to deal with the wrath and power.

"You idiot." he growled. Youko searched madly for a sedating seed in his hair as the black light receded back into the young women's body causing her to jerk this way and that. Just when he was about to place it into the writhing female's mouth, her clawed hand shot out and grabbed his wrist. Youko's golden eyes widened in surprise before narrowing in as she started cackling from underneath him. Shippo, knowing that it was too late to act now, quickly went to hide before it caught him in its' terrifying path.

"The kit has a problem with the Silver, but has taken a liking to the Avatar~" The captor of the black vixen's body sang as it hid its' eyes with the thick black of Kagome's bangs. "The Avatar has interest in the Kit and is confused about the Silver." Suddenly, rage bubbled in the captured women's small form causing the silver fox demon above her to narrow his eyes. "While the silver wants the kit and is using the Avatar!" it screeched as it took a swipe at Youko.

Youko's clawed hand caught the controlled vixen's petite wrist and blocked it before jumping off the bed. Kagome's controlled form slowly rose itself and looked him straight in the eye. Youko looked unfazed at the sight of her cat-like slit blood red pupils as it started to cackle once more.

"The kit seems to have gotten weaker." it laughed harshly as it stalked towards him and began to circle the thousand year old demon. "This one believes you know why, Silver. She doesn't feed herself or this one more. Though it does make her soul look very yummy. Me no like letting go of the kit so easily." The possessed young women stopped in front of him and looked at the fox spirit with a cocked head. Suddenly a face splitting smile appeared on the vixen's face.

"You had the avatar drink the serum, did you not?"

Youko glared at her, unknowingly giving her the answer. The crimson eyed female threw her head back and laughed in insanity.

"Good." it chirped as it reached for the silver haired demon, to which her opposition took a step away from her. The controlled female pouted and sighed. "Oh well, I tried to be nice." it stated with a strung, suddenly 'Kagome' disappeared only to reappear right in front of the Bandit. Youko gritted his teeth as the girl started to dash around him in blur only stopping for a millisecond to slice off a section of his skin. She laughed merrily as large pieces of muscle and tissue felt to the ground with sickening plops. He tried to move but soon found his tendons torn out by the black blur of his vixen. He fell to the floor with a snarl of pain, both arms and legs immobile.

It sat merrily in front of him playing with a familiar pile of seeds with a twisted smile.

"Did you know that the black kitsune can feed and take energy from just about everything? Watch, Silver-kun, as I create our version of a death tree." the controlled priestess sang merrily as she willed the plant bud. Youko watched with keen eyes as the black-wilted, green acid spitting jaws of one of his plants neared him and closed his eyes with acceptance. When nothing happened, his ears twitched in confusion.

"AWWWW! You're SO cute!"

The familiar dark voice of his killer rang closely into his ear causing Youko's eyes to snap open. He was tied up he noted and there wasn't a scratch on his body. He glared into the crimson eyes of his captor.

'Kagome' cackled.

"If you hadn't run away from me then I would have had to do this." it chirped as it sat in front of him and put a claw on his forehead. "This is going to be a tad uncomfortable, you might not like it but I will enjoy this in placement for not really killing you!"

Suddenly Youko started dry coughing; he couldn't breathe!

Crimson eye's watched with sadistic pleasure as blood and serum made its way out of his nose, mouth and tear ducks to gather in the palm of her hand. As the last of the potion began to make its' way out of his bloodstream the potion began to form into the fruit it once was, she whispered into his ear.

"The kit belongs to this one and this one only, Silver. Good luck trying to catch her."

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Pairing: Kurama/Kagome

Muse: Song: Unstable by Chaotica

Song inspiration: The Crazy Side of Kagome

Beta: YusukesLover, Band Whore Named Olober

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**Three names or I no write! Oh and people I have a new beta added to the group please say hi to Band Whore Named Olober and make her feel welcomed! If it wasn't for Olober and YusukesLover we might not have a story! XD I really look forward to both of their work on my horrible chapters! Thank you both!Oh and one more thing I be going back to writing biweekly again cause I want to start this How to Train Your Dragon story idea thats been floating around my head for the past few days! So I'm not dead just busy! XD**


	11. Chapter 11

_Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho..._

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Chapter Eleven

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Blurry, disoriented forest green eyes opened. Kurama groaned from his placement on the female kitsune's bed as his head pulsed. He had a killer headache and felt like he had been ran over by a bulldozer. The scarlet haired man made a small grumble as the pressure on his head increase.

"So you're awake." a frigid voice called out. Kurama grimaced at the thought of confronting the obviously displeased speaker. His leafy hues turned to the black form hovering over him, leaving the safety of their pillow. The first thing he spotted was the inky tresses that pooled on the other side of his bed. The second thing he noticed was the one deep sapphire that stared at him from the side of the bed and the third was who its owner was.

"Kagome?" he called questioningly as he rose from the deep ocean blue silk sheets of her bed. He was nearly toppled over by the amount of guilt and worry that shown in her eyes as the said female appeared next to him in seconds. The female kitsune looked at and inspected him. Her long talons gently held his cheek as she peered at him closely. Kurama sat still in slight awe and interest as the raw emotion started to drain away into a void once more after she concluded he was okay. The black vixen took a step back and sat on the end of the bed with a thoughtful air around her. After a second or two she spoke with a breathy sigh, "I did quite a number on you, ne Kurama-san? Gome nasii."

Kurama looked at her in surprise at her slightly concerned cool voice before covering up the fact that he was caught off guard. "It's ok, Kagome. But what happened? I just woke up and everything was in chaos."

The black vixen stiffened at the subject causing him to predict that he was about to get denied once more. Suddenly, she released a long sigh; Kurama blinked in surprise and confusion.

"I guess you deserve to know at least the dangers of being with me since SHE attacked you and nearly put you into a coma." she stated with a small hint of bitter amusement. Kurama looked at her intently as she crawled up the bed with feline grace. He was slightly flustered as she crawled in between his legs and lent her back into his chest .

"Kagome-"he stated, slight surprise coloring his usually calm voice into his usually calm voice.

"Why are you so wary of me?" she questioned, cutting him off and looking up into his forest color hues.

The young green eyed man blinked.

Kagome sighed as she looked away and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"You are wary even when you are not wary. You may act polite and pleasant but that is just another way to hide your fear of me." The small female in his lap huffed in displeasure as she took her claws from her nose. Sapphires looked at the edge of the bed with well hidden sadness; well hidden for the ones who didn't know what to look for, but not for him. Kurama inwardly cringed at the silent words uttered.

Just like everyone else.

He was about to apologize when she cut him off once more.

"It doesn't matter; I was just wondering why a person that knows nothing of my species would be so cautious. We're getting off topic anyway." she said, her voice once more turning empty once more, along with her blazing blue gems. Kurama sighed softly and deicide to test his grounds with the raven hair women in his lap. Wrapping his arms around her waist and thoroughly enjoying the way her eyes widened in surprise along with the splash of a blush that made its way on her cheeks, Kurama pulled the petite young women closer to him and laid his head on her shoulder. A small smile tugged at his lips as she tried but failed to hide the defiant crimson coloring in the shadow of her bangs.

"I apologize, Kagome-chan." he whispered softly into her furry ears, holding back a chuckle as they swatted at his warm breath. "I did not recognize I was acting so callous, forgive me?"

Kagome huffed and looked away with a small grumble, crimson staining her cheeks a bit more. Kurama's lips tugged into a small smirk as he listened to her grumble.

"Damn boy." she mumbled examining the wall of her cavern. "You're worse than Gin. I don't know once IT happens."

Kurama frowned.

"What do you mean Kagome? What's going to happen to me?"

The female vixen looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"I don't need to tell you anything about that." she snapped, all redness disappearing disappearing from her face. Kagome quickly tried to get out of his arms but was pulled down by Kurama once more. He looked at her with narrowed eyes as she glared from the height of his stomach.

"Oh, but I think you at least owe me that explanation. And why is it so dangerous for you to be around me or me to be around you? He whispered silkily into her ear. Kagome glared at the wall, mentally scolding herself as he stared at her from above. "Were those not the words you said?"

Sapphire orbs clashed with leafy green, Kagome was forced to relent. Harshly pushing him out of her way, she sat up with a glare that could rival her Aniki's and a bitter scowl on her face as the smart ass young man sat there with a smug smirk on his face. Really one swipe of her claws and she could just- Kagome immediately erased that thought with vigor. No, she would not hurt what was hers. That bastard side of her already had done enough of that. She huffed and got ready to begin the long process of explaining herself to the avatar.

"It seems I am hand bound." she murmured with displeasure. "I shall give you a general over view of my species, seeing how it would be useless only giving you the small details. It probably would only encourage your ridiculous adventure into my life. My species is a very rare and dangerous one. We are not only a hazard to the people around us, this includes in a physical and mental sense, but ourselves as a whole."

Kagome huffed in irritation at the inquiring look he shot her.

"It's our powers; they do not truly belong to us, well at least some of us." she explained blandly. "There are two differing species of dark Kitsune: Earth and Hell. Their breed depends on the soul power an offspring has. If a fox has a weaker soul, it is more likely it would be an Earth dark kitsune. The more powerful ones maybe able to control the shadows but are most likely going to be killed by the shadows themselves."

Kurama blinked in surprise.

Kurama blinked in surprise. "Why?"

A cold smile lit up Kagome's frigid exterior.

"Because our shadows are not really shadows at all, dear Avatar." she stated. "They are the souls of the underworld, servants of the devil. The thing inside of a black kitsune that decides if it's an Earth or Hell kitsune rests in a void entirely its own. Depending on its power level you can either be a hell or earth. This beast has the ability to hop from soul to soul and can take the souls of the underworld and place them on earth in the form of shadows. It has no animate appearance and is known as a reusable soul, meaning it does not go through reincarnation. Once its host dies it can either try to hop into another soul or is sent back into the void with all the memories of its past life. Its soul is very unstable, and blackens its host's soul each time their power is called. If the soul is blackened fully, then the reusable soul can either eat it or fuse with it. Most reusable's are either sent back or hop before this happens so it is very rare for the soul to get this choice."

"Is there any way for someone to weaken the reusable?" Kurama inquired causing the black female to tense.

"No." she stated curtly. The Avatar frowned, obviously not believing the ruffled female.

"What happens when someone is killed with a demon from the underworld's soul?"

Her smirk was so cold and cruel, but he could help but believe that it was a front.

"Their own gets dragged down with it to be eaten of course." she stated with sadistic amusement.

He studied her for a moment.

"So what does beast do to its host other then taint their soul?"

And just like that, her amusement was sucked dry. Kagome's lips lost their tilt.

"They can't do anything else other than that. Usually." she barked with a scowl. 'Some secrets are just better left untold' she thought bitterly as she stood. Kurama was obviously watching as her form froze, then suddenly the cave started to quake. The female fox hissed and bristled in displeasure. 'They're back! How?! Oh-no… Firefly's coming this way, too.

Grabbing the Avatar's hand, she quickly stated "No, time to explain." before pulling him out of the bed and dragging him out of the collapsing room. Kurama followed after her, his hand aching to reach up into his scarlet tresses and grab his one weapon of choice.

"Go find Shippo!" the young vixen yelled at him from the middle of the doorway, covering her from the falling debris. She then darted away from him, narrowly dodging falling rocks and roots. Kurama was shocked to say the least. He expected her to drag them to find Shippo and get out of here, not this.

"Where are you going?!" he shouted, jumping away from another boulder that could have killed him.

The black kitsune skidded to a stop on the other side of the cave.

"If I do not get my satchel, none of us will survive what's up there Avatar! If you don't find my Kit, I swear to Kami I will skin your ass and bring it to hell myself!" she roared before darting off once more, but not before grunting when another fallen rock hit her hard in the shoulder blade.

Kurama gritted his teeth as he raced through the tunnel, searching for the missing kit. He searched high and low when a something grabbed him from behind. His eyes widened to find the huffing kit struggling to stand behind him.

"Damn your fast, Red-kun!" he huffed before squeaking as the older man scooped him up and dashed for the nearest opening. Jumping over many piles of rubble and dodging falling debris, he finally made it outside just in time for the underground cavern's roof to collapse. He was shocked to find the black vixen there but, more importantly Hiei with her. Well, not really with her more like against her. Kurama watched with amazement as the sleek female battled the forbidden child only using her claws. Hardened metal and deadly delicate claws clashed causing sparks to fly.

"I don't have time for you, Firefly!" Kagome snarled as she dodged another swipe of his sword, barely though. They were battling at full speed, and looked like nothing more than blurs to Shippo and Kurama. The young kit's eye widened at the voice that came from the blur that was battling his mother before he started shaking.

"You are decreasing your lifespan with each time you utter that idiotic name." Hiei growled.

"Red eyed man." Shippo whimpered, causing Kurama to look down at him. "The red eye man is trying to kill mother. He's one of the people who chased us here. The other is dead, luckily."

Kurama looked back to the fight just in time to see Kagome acquire a deep slash in her chest from midair. She snarled in pain before recovering and landed with a handspring backwards. He quickly hid Shippo in a pile of stone before running toward the fight.

"Kagome!" he shouted in worry causing the two opponents to look at their, until now, unnoticed viewers. Hiei granted him a rare look of surprise as Kurama ran towards the injured female.

"What the hell are you doing with this whore, Fox?" he growled. Kurama sensing Kagome's abrasion to what the small apparition called her stood in the middle of the two as a barrier of sorts.

"Who the hell are you calling a whore, you three-eyed midget?" she snarled from her position on the other side of Kurama. "If I do remember you were the one who was begging for more, man-whore."

A harsh snarl ripped through Hiei's throat and he bared his fangs.

"That's only cause your seduction!"

Kagome straightened herself and scoffed, ignoring Kurama's wide eyed look as she spoke, "It was your own fault for wandering so close to my cavern. If you would have used your nose, you would have noticed that it was rather occupied at the time."

Kurama blinked away his surprise as he tried to make sense of this situation. His friend and Kagome did that together. Where they lovers? Hiei wished to kill Kagome just because of a simple spat?

At his thougt, Hiei snorted.

"The wench wishes that she and I were intimate."

"No she doesn't!" Kagome boomed before snorting and looking away. She spoke with a cool tone as she said, "Sorry to get your hopes up, Firefly. But I don't have interest in men that have a stick shoved so far up their ass that it entered their skull. So I'll have to pass."

Hiei glared at her before returning his attention back to Kurama.

"The reason she needs to die is because she is a threat to Ningenkai. So move Kurama." he stated sternly.

Kagome unleashed an un-ladylike snort.

"Oh stop all the bull crap, Firefly. You're just angered that I managed to get in contact with that sweet little Koorime that you claim is your responsibility."

Kurama looked at her in surprise.

"Are you talking about Yukina?" the avatar questioned. Kagome looked the red head thoughtfully.

"Was that her name? Never mind, it doesn't matter. He just butt hurt and scared that I'm going to seduce the poor girl. She probably never knew I was there helping her up until his group showed up. Pity too, I only had a few more stupid wards to switch, too." she stated coolly.

Suddenly the ground shook and rumbled. Kagome cursed as she griped her satchel protectively.

"Hiei, this battle is going to have to wait. Leave, you're not a part of this particular fight." she growled as she watched her skin stitch itself together. The ground continued to shake as she pulled out her pistols and pointed them at the ground. "Though I will thank you in advance for covering the avatar." She finished her sentenced just in time for her first enemy's head to pop out of the ground. She frowned. It was the same creature from before, but stronger… yet weaker. Kurama's eyes widened at the sight of the creature.

It was a creature Kurama had never seen before. It had liquid charcoal black skin and frightening incisors that snapped and snarled at the female above it. It screeched at the Kagome, its hellish voice grated on both Hiei's and Kurama's ears before a bullet was lodged in its skull. More of the creatures' heads popped out of the gravel. They all did the same screech nearly causing all four demons to go deaf. Gravel and dust flew everywhere as they broke out of their earthly cages. Kurama quickly summoned his whip and started to fight his unearthly opponents back to back with Hiei. Everything was going well until they were about half way through. Kurama just finished off one of his many opponents when one of them attacked him from behind.

Kagome's eyes widened in the middle of her battle with one of the strange creatures. Her head turned and she dashed at the sight of one of there many opponents they were facing bring down its claws on to Kurama. She didn't think, her mind went blank, and her heart stopped as she pushed the frail human out the attack. Its massive claws barreled down on to her form and snapped her neck as she hit the ground. Her eyes glazed over staring at Kurama's shocked form and the black vixens breath stopped as blood trickled down her chin. There was no doubt in the Avatar as the creature lifted its ten ton claws to revel her squished form.

Kagome was dead.

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Pairing: Kurama/Kagome

Muse: Boredom XP

Beta: YusukesLover, Band Whore Named Olober

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	12. Chapter 12

_Disclaimer: I don' town Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha..._

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Chapter Twelve

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He was numb.

It wasn't the type of numbness one would feel after closing and healing a large wound, nor was it the type he usually felt when he was tearing the flesh off of his latest victim. No, the closest feeling he could compare to this deadness were the feelings of sadness and fear he experienced when he found out his mother was sick. Even all the feelings added together from the time he was madly searching for a cure couldn't even compare to the sheer power of the emotion that hit him that moment Kurama witnessed Kagome's death... the death that had been caused by him.

If this numbness would have been the one he was so used to having when he detached himself from a fight, Kurama would have been angered. The need for bloodshed would have seeped from his pores and taken control of him under a calm mask of indifference. But from the start, Kurama knew Kagome wasn't normal. Even without his knowledge or consent, somehow all of the pawns on the chessboard had lead and cornered him to be exactly where they wished him to be. He had been lured in by a puzzle but caught by a trap of his own creation; his heart.

The silver fox avatar was a rational being who knew right off the bat what this emotion was. Even he, who would have only felt this sort of attachment to his mother, was taken by surprise by this abrupt betrayal of his heart. Kurama knew deep down that he was expecting this change of perception from the first time he had caught a glimpse of Kagome, not just any Kagome. The true Kagome, the one she hid underneath the thick veil of her detached fabricated character. Kurama knew he was only ankle deep into who the young women truly was and yet he had already fallen for the scared, scarred, kind soul that hid behind her mask. He, Kurama, had fallen for the conflicted character that was Kagome.

'And now...' he thought blankly as allowed his calloused fingers to rub against her cheek, memorizing the soft texture of it. Rain had begun to pour; the battlefield had stood still as soon as the Black Kitsune had fallen. The creatures were slowly backing away from the dead female form in dread and fear. Water soaked into his clothing and hair as he ran his finger over the bridge of her nose. 'Now... I will never get to see if it was or if it could have been.'

A loving hand closed sapphire blue eyes. And time stopped. All the subtly retreating forms of the creatures stopped, as did the clock's hands. Hiei's rhythmic slashes to the black creatures concrete forms were also paused as well; each and every one of heaven's fallen tears had stopped their descent to the earth. The only one left in motion was Kurama himself. Suddenly a blinding bright light lit up the air around him and Kurama found himself placed in a dark meadow of white dandelions.

If he was had been in his right state of mind right now, he would have noticed all of this. The fox avatar was shocked into stillness by the scene right in front of him. There, sprawled out on the lap of a two blotched out characters, was Kagome. She was sleeping peacefully in a pure white yukata. Her ear twitching every once in a while and the deep rising of her chest was proof. He was about to call out her name when a sharp hiss demanded he kept silent.

Emerald green eyes turn sharply to the person cradling the black fox's lower half with their own body and Kurama's breath caught in his throat. There, stroking the vixen's onyx fur tail, was another Kagome. Not just any Kagome. A human Kagome. The copy of the young women giggled at his surprised look from behind a small well worn photo book, before smiling and pointing to the black Kitsune's neck. Leaf hues follow the motioning finger and the Avatar's throat caught once more. Sheltered in the bosom of the fox's neck, was a gut-twisting familiar silver chained, blood stoned pendant: Kuronue's necklace. Kurama felt his stomach drop but was torn away from the discomforting feeling when a snarl coming from above the girl caught his attention. The creature he observed was at least ten feet tall, with a five and a half foot arm span and a six foot leg span. It had a long tall behind that was curled up like a snake and its legs were curved back much like the hind leg of an animal's. The pattern of the creature's pink-grayish skin reminded him of the muscle structure of a human body once all of the flesh was removed. It had an armor coat of dark grey bones that only covered its two fingered hands, spinal cord, the bottoms of its well-endowed three pronged clawed feet, the whole length of its tail and its head . The creature's bone armor covered most of its flat oval head and even gave way to a bit of a crown in the back. It covered the lips of its huge fang filled mouth that housed three black, oily, thin tongues. There was only one place on its head where the creature's muscle-like skin was shown and that was at the center of the 'helmet.' In the center, was a slit in the 'muscle' that looked like it was sown closed by black thread.

The creature's tail unraveled itself to revel a luminescent pomegranate-like fruit. In a flick of its tail the fruit was cut in half and flew towards the monster's razor-toothed mouth. As soon as it knife filled crevice, its body awakened. Sharp spikes erupted out of the dark holes in the morbid design of the creature's spinal enhancement. Its teeth grew longer, dripping with ferocious looking acid. Perhaps the most sickening thing to watch was the unstitching of the black thread-like muscle and the opening of the creature's horizontal lids that reveled the monstrosity's one violet eye. It gave a thunderous roar and clutched onto the petite female's form before it transformed into a figure Youko knew all too well.

Another Kagome was now cushioning the white clad female's form with it's thighs, but this one instead of having bright blue orbs like its twin's had slit, hellish damask orbs. Youko snarled from the depths of his mind at the figure holding his vixen as it let out a silky laugh and held out a hand for him.

"Well, why don't you come over, Avatar? I've been dying to have a chat with you since I was last pushed back into here by Youko." it practically purred as it pat Kagome's bangs, enjoying the Avatar's glare as it did so. The red eyed soul withdrew its hand, seeing as Kurama made no attempt to take it and hummed in thought, "That illusion I cast took more out of me than expected. Tell me, boy. Did you know Youko was a protime individual?"

At the brief look of confusion in his eyes, the reusable soul frowned. Sighing dramatically, it once more buried its long claws in its other half's hair. "Of course, he didn't tell you." The red-eyed Kagome sneered with disgust as it enveloped it's sleeping treasure in its arms so that her flawless face was hiding in the crook of its neck. If it had a say, then the kit was right where she needed to be; embracing it and only it. It scowled inwardly at the avatar. Why did someone else always get what it wanted?! The kit only deserved it! Not that disgraceful bastard half-soul! Not this weak morsel of a male in front of it! And certainly NOT that Kami forsaken, deceiving White One hiding within this human within this human guise. The Black One nearly snarled as it hissed out intentionally, "Why did the damnable Gods allow such a low-life like him to enter into my precious kit's life?"

Kurama looked at the genderless creature with hostile confusion and was preparing to shoot a glare its way when a giggle called his attention. Forest jewels snapped to the other individual in the field as she sneered at the red-eyed Kagome before looking his way. The blue-eyed, human, carbon copy was a bit different with her mid-back length, dark bluish hair and deep ocean abyss blue eyes compared to Kagome's pure black blue-tinted hair and an eye shade that was several times lighter. Looking at the two women that cushioned his new-found love interest, Kurama deduced that the Kagome he knew was actually a combination of the two women before him.

'In a way, she is just like me...' he thought idly.

"Please don't mind Ishi." the human clone apologized. "It is rather infatuated rather infatuated with Kagome. I'm Miki or that's at least what Kagome-nee calls me. You nearly sent Ishi-nii back to the underworld when you let Youko out so it's safe to say nee-kun doesn't like you!" Suddenly the earth trembled and the ground started to crack, Miki let out a cry of surprise before quickly pushing the well-worn leather book into his hands. "Listen, we don't have much time to explain, but this will explain everything to you. No questions, just read it!"

Another crack in the earth gave way to more pitch black and the human Kagome squeaked.

"Another thing," she shouted frantically over the crumbling of earth and her form started to crack and crumble. "Don't trust anything Kagome-nee-chan says! I've always had a problem in speaking half truths!"

With the final words of 'please save me!' her form shattered and all that was left was darkness.

In his dream, Kurama desperately clutched onto the worn covers of his answers as he thought with a whisper, 'I will have you, Kagome. The whole you.'

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Pairings: Kurama/Kagome

Muse: *Sweatdrop* Stress and Guilt

Betas: YusukesLover, Band Whore Named Olober

A/N: So sorry for my lateness! I didn't expect to be gone from this story for that long! I usually do a chapter each week! Only one chapter! So I like started five other stories and that added up to over a month! *le gasp* *O* I felt soooo guilty. Sorry peoples! I'm back in school again bur hopefully that won't hinder my updates!


	13. Chapter 13

_Disclaimer: I still don't own…Nothing's going to change that._

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Healing a Blackened Heart- Chapter Thirteen

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The first thing Kurama noticed when he woke up was that he had a splitting he noticed was Shippo standing over him. Third was the annoyed, white haired boy guarding him from the side of his headboard.

"C'mon guys!" Shippo whined. "Give the guy some space."

A young, teal-haired girl huffed, "Oh, be quiet Shippo. Just because Mother has been with you the longest, doesn't mean we have to listen to you."

There was a chorus of agreement. Another child, looking to be even younger than the last one, pitched in. "Yeah! Besides none of us have ever seen a human before! The only way to see one is to go through Spirit World! So we will probably never get another chance like this!"

A little girl, looking only three years old with small horns on her head, sniffed the air delicately and licked her lips in hunger. "He smells really tasty though."

Shippo and the unknown boy at his headboard let out a collective growl.

"Like I would ever let you touch my Mother's intended m-" *THUNK*

The children scattered like flies, some leaping out of windows and others running out the door.

"Kyah!" Shippo whimpered as he cradled his goose egg from the floor. "What the hell, Kouga?!"

"Your Mother gave me permission to 'knock' some sense into you."

Shippo let out a small growl, while the white-haired youth stood right in front of him with a glare directed toward Kouga.

"I'm pretty sure Kagome-sama did not intend for her words to be taken literally."

'Kouga', who looked frighteningly similar to his boss, snorted with amusement.

"Oh, don't pretend you're not happy the kit is wrong." the dark-haired man said with a chuckle. "When you heard Kagome scolding Shippo, I could practically taste the relief roll off ya, Daisuke."

A burst of red splashed across Daisuke's face, and Shippo snickered at his embarrassment, knowing the younger demon stood no chance. Then, the kit looked to Kurama. Excitement lit up Shippo's face as he realized Kurama's alert state. Without any warning and also forgetting the state Kurama was in, Shippo pounced and landed on the injured man's stomach.

"Shippo!" shouted Kouga, as the Kurama coughed and wheezed in air. Kouga snatched the child up by the back of his shirt.

"What?! What?! You said I would be first to tell him when he woke up!" Shippo yelled as he thrashed around in the wolf's brawny grip grip. "You promised, Kouga! You promised!"

Kouga let out a deep, menacing growl that made the ones created earlier look like a kitten's purr in comparison. Shippo immediately stilled. Kouga did not growl that way for just anything. "Shippo, you can't jump on a human-"

"He's an avatar." interrupted Daisuke.

Kouga took in a deep breath.

"-or an avatar like that. Remember what Kagome told all of you?"

Realization dawned on Shippo's face.

"Say it." the long-haired man ordered.

"Humans are fragile." Shippo mumbled, just loud enough for Kouga to hear.

"That's right." Kouga approved with a nod. "I'll let you explain later, 'cause you just broke the only rule your mother gave you. What was it?"

"Be careful and do not hurt Kurama-san." Daisuke answered for the already guilt-ridden kit.

Shippo nodded his head in agreement.

Kouga set the bummed out kit down and watched as he took his Koumori friend out the door. Then Kouga turn to the avatar with anger slightly-concealed, and smiled.

Kurama could have grimaced at the hidden resentment that he felt as steel blue landed on his form.

"Well, don't you have a way of barging into people's lives? What, you can't get enough of me at work?"

"Mr. Ookami?"

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Kurama couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't believe anything he was witnessing.

"Impressive isn't it. This was the start of Kagome's empire." Kouga said as he motioned to the large section of wood.

They were taking residence inside a massive root system. The inside of the root itself were the walls of his room. The entire hospital he was in did not even take out one-fiftieth of the large structure. The extraordinary root system itself had managed to dig its way into a massive cavern. On the bottom of the cave was a large water reservoir. The large roots covered the ceiling of the cavern, and then dipped downward to the large pool of the water creating bridges. Buildings were nestled into the roots, their size still small in comparison to the large plant's stems. Large bracket fungi, like that of the one he is standing on, clung on the roots below and above. Small shopping centers and coffee shops made their residence on the tops of the mushrooms. Across the pool, were more developed buildings, but he couldn't see any more than that. Maybe he could travel even higher?

Kurama bent down and touched the fuzzy mushroom top that was serving to be the ground of this large garden. The fungus under his fingers thrummed with life energy. Poking his head underneath the fungus, Kurama figured out where the city's sunlight comes from. Bright beams coming from the gills of the fungus lit up the whole city with intensity. It was not only the mushrooms that gave light, but it seemed that flowers grew from the roots that cling to the walls of the cavern.

"Are we in Makai?" Kurama asked with a soft voice.

Kouga gave him a curt nod. "Hai, we're in Makai."

The wolf pinched his chin in thought. "Well, more like under Makai."

Suddenly, from a mushroom top not too far away, a masculine shout pierced the air with a of children's laughter following closely after it.

"What's down there?" Kurama inquired as he peered down at the large, organic platform. His senses were on the alert, although they seemed to be in high disarrangement. So, while managing to keep an eye on the wolf as best as he could, Kurama perked up his ears to the large forest and meadow area. Inside the meadow, Kurama could see a tree that was vastly larger than the others.

Humor entered Kouga's steel blue orbs.

"Would you like to see?"

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She was drunk…had been for awhile, she had come to notice. But she was also very amused at this point.

"Are you having trouble there, Gin?" Kagome slurred.

A large growl vibrated from the the duct tape cocoon was suspended from the ceiling. Silver hair and pissed off green orbs peeked out of the silver bundle. Striking a thoughtful pose, the female kitsune looked at him with a very fox-like grin.

"I wonder…"

She climbed up the spiraling stairs.

"What would happen…"

Her claws touched the wad of tape attaching the upside down Kitsune. Gin shook his head 'no' and his eyes told her what his mouth could not. 'Don't you dare.'

"…If I do this."

A large, sticky rip echoed throughout the room. Gin fell to the floor with a thunk and it only took him seconds to get out of the kid's trap. Kagome fell down, drunkenly laughing, but her entertainment didn't last long for she was soon facing a red-eyed Gin.

"Ka-go-me~" he growled, lustfully. "Run."

Now on edge and worried, Kagome ran out with a scream. She had known Gin held affection to her, but to deal with his beast was a different matter altogether. She couldn't get mated. She wouldn't get mated, but she could not kill the first Silver she had found in decades. She was afraid. She didn't want to mate. Mating was scary. Her 'nightmares' proved that.

She had to run.

She had to get away.

"Well this is odd.." Kouga stated with a confused look as he began to fold up his sister's slightly torn clothing. 'Why the hell would she phase?'

Kouga waved over the Avatar, who was slow tailing him. Kurama sped up his leisurely pace. He had been caught up in viewing all the new flora in this area. It was like every other mushroom had created a new ecosystem within the time is sprouted to this day. It was amazing.

"You know…" Kurama whipped his head and struggled to focus on Kouga's words. There were so many new plants around him. It was like taking a child to the candy store and telling them not to taste. "Kagome was the one who grew all of these mushrooms."

Kurama nearly tripped over his own feet. Something about the expression he wore must have made the wolf think that Kurama didn't believe him, because Kouga backed up his statement.

"Nope, not shitting you. My Imouto watched each and every one of these plants grow and took notes on every single plant during their evolutionary period. She has books and books of all of 'em."

Kurama frowned, thoughtfully.

"Ookami-san, how old is Kagome?"

A sad look overtook the hidden distaste for Kurama.

"Too old, Kitsune… Too old." Kouga stated with somber tone. "We're here."

They stepped into the clearing and almost instantly Kurama stiffened. There was the energy signature of a youkai thrown around the area carelessly. While it was nothing compared to Youko's, it was still nothing to overlook. Suddenly, there was a fierce series of rustles in the bushes all around them. Kouga watched two figures move through the tall grass with a frown.

'Could he know them?' Kurama wondered.

They were coming right toward them, Kurama noticed. The grass zigged-zagged back and forth toward their direction. Suddenly, a small, seemingly-drunk, black fox erupted out of the tall brush.

"Kouga~!" it drunkenly slurred as it jumped into the male's awaiting arms. Tears were in its familiar blue orbs. "Save me! Gin's trying to rape meeee!"

The voice, though higher and heavily slurred, was most definitely Kagome's. Kouga wasn't even the least bit fazed as a large male, silver fox jumped out of the brush. In the back of Kurama's mind a large growl erupted from Youko along with a fierce snarl of, 'Rival!'. The fox was easy to ignore due to his need to take a step back.

The Kitsune was as big as a large dog with glowing, crimson eyes. It was quite clear that the youkai had lost himself to his beast. A deep growl was voiced as Kurama took a step closer to Kouga for safety. He wouldn't engage the youkai unless he had to. His and Kagome's relationship would do no good if he killed one of her friends.

Kouga let out a sigh.

"Gin, get a hold of yourself." Kouga said annoyed and worried. He could not let Kagome walk around like this any longer than she already had. Kouga only held himself back for a few seconds, before he tightened his grasp on the smaller animal and took in a huge breath of her brows rose in surprise, ignoring her struggles he took in another long breath.

'Her scent she's beginning to smell like she did back then.'

The wolf felt his teeth lengthen. His beast was not happy. The little scrap of a male behind him was able to land a hit on their unreachable goal. Something Kouga and he have been trying to accomplish, but failed year after year. The thief and the Avatar have started to revert Kagome back. Either that or they have a unique ability to do something to the beast inside of her. Kouga's lips pulled back into a snarl before he calmed himself. It was going to be fine. Kagome was not going to leave him. He had been with her for many centuries; there was no way she would choose a fox she just met over a suitor she had known for years. Yes, suitor. Kouga loved Ayame and all of their offspring; she would still always be his beta. He had mated her in a fit of sorrow. Nothing more. Ayame knew this when they had mated, but grew to resent it for a shortly after the fact. As centuries passed and sexual opinions changed, Kagome came back to him broken. Her light had died and both wolves tried their best to fix it. They moved here and Ayame soon fell to Kagome's charm. Even full with so much sorrow, Kagome still managed to shine like a bright beacon of hope and love. Kouga tightened his grip on her. She was just starting to improve when he came in! That ice-bastard, he ruined her!

A loud crack, and then something shifted under Kouga's hands.

A loud yowl rang in his eardrum.

Kouga had just broken one of her ribs.

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"You broke her rib on accident." the woman slowly repeated, in the middle of the tree's doorway.

Kouga winced. Oh dear, he was in for one hell of a talk.

Kurama for the first time in a long time felt awkwardly out of place as the tall female cradled Kagome's hurt form. She was exotic in her own way. A platinum blond hairstyle not long enough to be a bob cut but way too long to be a pixie cut flipped to one side to cover odd ears and brush her eye. Her ears, longer than normal demon ears, were narrow with pointed ends that held fur. One of them held a set of gold piercings. Red orbs, along with black marking on each of her limbs and two long twin cat tails with identical markings made this demon look much more threatening and regal. She looked ready to murder the wolf, but took a deep breath to calm her ire. She froze in mid-inhalation. As if that was all she needed to do to figure out what happened, her face lit up in anger. Pristine, ivory fangs were bared without a moment's notice.

"You fool!" She hissed at Kouga. "Did you force her?"

Kouga snarled at the cat. How dare she! He couldn't even let his feelings be found out by her without frightening her!

"No! Smell her again, Kirara."

'Kirara' stop glaring at the wolf for a second and lifted the small fox up to her face. She took small tentative sniffs, before she made the same mistake as Kouga. The feline buried her face in the small fox's fluffy coat and let out a long, strong purr.

"Kirara."

Her head popped up and a quick look of embarrassment crossed the mature women's face, before disappearing in a non-caring attitude.

"Fine… But you'll have to leave, Kouga."

Kouga nodded and started to walk away when he noticed that Kurama wasn't with him.

"Hey, Red are you coming or-?"

Kurama was going to make a move to follow, but was stopped by a clawed hand. Just as this occurred, Kouga began to turn around with an annoyed shout.

"I never said I would not allow the Avatar to follow…" Kirara stated with a dark smirk.

With that, Kirara closed the door on the angered wolf's face. She dragged Kurama by his wrist; in a painful grip might he add, up several flights of spiral stair cases, through a hallway and into the room at the end of it. The floor they stopped at was lavish, regal, and very un-Kagome like. Kirara dropped his hand like it had burned once she took one step into the room. With a clipped tone, she demanded he turn around for her to so she could change Kagome. She stated that Kagome had ordered him to be brought to her side as soon as he had awoken.

"She was sober when we were told to do this." Kirara said with clenched teeth. She was told to inform him on anything that may have happened in his slumber. "Your family has been informed of your leave in the form of a forged letter. They think you are on a trip with your biology class, on a nature retreat."

Kurama's lips tightened in distaste, not liking that this was done without his knowledge.

"You were being treated by Gin, but he had been slipping you something to numb your senses since Kagome was out of commission. Turn around. I'm finished."

Kurama turned to see a humanoid Kagome sleeping in the space the smaller fox formerly occupied?

"I have healed Kagome many times before and I have been with her for a long time.. But, since that day, I have never seen my Lady have so many emotions for anyone other than that one." Kirara said the end of that statement with a hiss.

Jealousy burned brightly in her.

Why did Kagome never look at her? Did she find having a female lover repulsive?

No. She had many before. The miko clearly didn't care.

Did she find her unattractive?

No. Kagome-sama had clearly told her many times before that she had a beautiful humanoid form.

Does she not notice me as a suitor?

It was clear the miko trusted Kirara a lot more than most. Her relationship with the miko nearly rivaled the mother/son relationship she had with Shippo. Maybe... the miko didn't think she wanted her.

Huh.

Kirara would change that tomorrow.

"What happened to Kagome?" Kurama asked as he walked over to the bedside. The scent of alcohol was practically a part of her scent. I leaked from her pores and swirled in her blood.

"During, the seven day's you've been sleeping, Kagome has returned to her bad habit. My Lady was once a raging alcoholic. Though, she had quit the habit for Shippo and the other-"

"Kir'ra~!" A highly drunken, sing-song voice came from the bed. Kagome stared at the two of them like a mother scolding her young. "You can go `ow~!"

See the now awake miko, Kirara made a quick move to disagree.

"Kagome-sama, you are still-"

"You'r dismiss-ta."

The cat frowned deeply, nodded and left.

Suddenly, the drunken women turned her sights on him.

"Ne, 'rama? Tha' kimono look 'reat on you~!"

She tried to make a grab for his hand but he quickly dodged. The red hair young man only took a step away from the bed, when a loud rumble echoed in his mind and his body was taken control of.

Youko was not going to let the boy make this chance go to waste. So with golden iris, Youko jumped into bed with his black minx. Sure, there will be no intimacy to night, but it sure as hell will be fun to meet her when she is sober. The fox spirit inwardly laughed.

"Go to sleep, little onna. **I will protect you**." It was a mating vow; he knew it and she did to. Kagome didn't even second guess the odd golden hue her Avatar's eyes took. All she knew is that they were together, spooning and all was right in the world.

"I will sleep but only because _you are with me._ **I will honor you.**"

Her eyes drift close and breathing slowed.

For the first time since her life took this disastrous turn, it came easily to her.

She was no longer scared.

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Pairing: Kurama/Kagome

Muse: As promised to you guys.

Beta: AnimeniacAnonymous (Aka: YusukesLover)


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