Bandit's Thrill

Summary: Kagome was hidden in the bottom of an empty well at birth; the Bone Eaters Well. She is soon found by a Bat Demon by the name of Kuronue, and then brought back to what would soon be known as her family...and as she gets older, possibly more.

Anime: InuYasha/Yu Yu Hakusho

Couple: Kagome/?

Genre: Romance/Adventure

Rated: M

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A Hidden Jewel and a Hidden Gift

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"Fate Is an Inscrutable and Interesting Thing"

"En wa I na Mono Aji na Mono"

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There are people born lucky, and then there are those born unlucky. Under normal circumstances, people are given an even or slightly unbalanced level of both good and bad luck.

"Taki, hide her, quick!"A man told his love that held his newly born angel in her arms. The woman had black hair in a long braid. Her eyes were a deeper blue than any ocean. Her skin was that of ivory silk and satin. Taki was truly a beauty to behold. Her daughter...was her twin in looks, but the angel...held a demon within, a danger to any and all if not controlled. This demon...was the will to fight. The urge that made her fight for blood, for increased power and for a sense of reason. If neutered properly, one could say she was...an asset...but only...if properly cared for.

In the case of this family, they were both lucky and unlucky.

Taki ran to the shed in the back, the loud voices of the ever growing yells of her family and people grew louder with every second. The year is 1709, December 12. Her daughter was only born...twelve days ago.

Unlucky, that they would never see their lovely baby girl again.

"Take care; may the gods have mercy on your untainted soul. If there are any..." Taki thought to herself, placing the sleeping newborn in a water pail, she placed a gentle kiss upon her forehead, tracing a silver bracelet around her little girls wrist, a small and thin silver plaque on the bracelet held in fine kanji, Kagome. "In this world...or the next...may you find..." The door slammed open and she turned in horror, accidently knocking the pail into the well. "SANCTUARY!!!" Her cry seemed to silence her now blood encrusted village. No one was left, no one...at least, not in the year 1709.

Lucky, that the girl would live to see...another day.

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(Another Time...Another Day)

"We'll split up and head back to the camp site." A silver haired, golden eyed, demon fox bandit said to his men. "Kuronue, you take these three, and Yomi will take those four. I'll take the rest with me. Now go."

Not a moment later were the groups jumping on different directions; trying to lose their pursuers.

"Kuronue! Wait up!" A demon from behind called out; green and scaly seemingly described the red eyed demon.

"What is it?" Kuronue asked, not looking over his shoulder for a second. He wore a worn-out straw hat with the top cut so his long black hair could flow out neatly in a high ponytail. Elongated ears and black bat wings were closed carefully against his back. His eyes were indigo blue and he wore a black slightly frayed vest that was tied in crisscrosses over the front. Black soft fabricated Hakama type pants with a white cloth wrap around his waist that covered the back and side of his black pants, leaving the front of his pants slightly exposed with two black wide obi belts tying the white wrap in place. He wore black tie up sandals and black ribbon like ties were wrapped up his arms. In his hand, held tightly was a chain with a crystal clear tear jewel that held within it a metal scythe.

"Where are we going?"

"Obviously you haven't been pursued before. You never go straight to camp; circle a few times first."

"Oh,"

They continued and finally stopped; Kuronue's ears twitched. He turned his head, tilting it to the side. A well in a forest clearing stopped him from continuing farther.

"Kuronue, we need to keep going."

"You go on ahead. Tell Youko...I got sidetracked."

"But Kur―"

"Go," He said, his eyes narrowing on the green snake demon.

"Right." They took off without him, heading back to their camp site.

"..." Kuronue frowned and jumped into the tree closest to the well. 'Now...I know I heard something...' He looked down into the well from his spot, but saw nothing but the dark shadows within the well. He jumped stealthily down to the well and curiously looked inside.

"Gglglu"

"Hm?" He still could see nothing. He finally decided to jump down the well, landing gracefully at the bottom. He looked down and cocked his head curiously; kneeling down, he poked at a bundle of fine silks. "A find like this..." He picked up the silk bundle, and opened it to see what the weight of the object was from. "Ah! A human baby."

"Kuronue!"

"Youko; I'm down here!" He called up at the sound of his leader. A second later and he saw Youko's head look down from the lip of the well in curiosity.

"What are you doing down there? Not sight seeing I hope."

"Not much of a sight to see down here." Kuronue covered the baby with the silk and jumped from the well. He pushed the bundle into Youko's arms.

"What is this?"

"..."

Youko frowned and pulled the silks apart, his eyes widened only slightly. "Kuronue, this is..."

"I know what it is...and it happens to be a baby girl."

"..." Youko looked at the baby, and then tossed it aside.

"YOUKO!" Kuronue caught the child; he had at one time had a little sister, and though not demon, she looked similar; black silk like hair, and blue eyes.

"I'm not carrying for a human child."

"Huh?"

"What? Are you surprised?"

"No..." Kuronue looked at the hand tugging at the shining tear shaped crystal with his scythe inside. Youko glanced at the enthralled and captivated child. A look in her eyes made him rethink his earlier decision.

"..." Youko turned and jumped to a tree limb. "Keep her, but you are held responsible for the creature."

Kuronue sighed, but nodded as he followed after Youko.

The place, world of Makai, the year, 1190, December 12th, today, Kuronue marked her birth date. Now, with a child to watch over, raids to pull off, and Youko not too sure of the creature now taking up residence in his camp...Kuronue knew it wasn't going to be easy like before. Life...was about to get...much...harder, especially, when said human child, holds a secret blood trait, unknown to everyone, except the sleeping child's family who lies dead in the future.

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(3 years later)

"No! No, not go~!"

Youko sat beneath a large sycamore, watching as Kuronue tied his hair up in a high ponytail before pulling his hat on. The three year old was aware of their raids, and kept pulling on Kuronue to stay with her.

"STAY!" Youko's furry ears twitched at the Angel's high pitched voice.

"Kagome! I have to go! Now sit and stay!"

"Not puppy! Yomi puppy! Not Kaggie!"

Youko laughed, standing up he made his way to the girl and lifted her from the ground. "Kagome, you have to stay here, watch over the camp for us." Kagome grabbed his silver hair and was immediately spellbound by the soft texture. He smirked and placed her down, Kuronue looked shocked at the scene that had just taken place. The girl pouted but sat down and played with her silver bracelet.

"Hey puppy!" Yomi glared at Youko, but stood up.

"Heh, looks like Kagome has a nickname for you Yomi."

"Yippie..."

Youko glanced at Yomi from the corner of his eyes. Kuronue pat Kagome gently. He turned and left with Youko and Yomi, along with a group of Youko's followers. Kagome felt a vine wrap around her, Youko's assurance of her safety, his plants would keep her company during his raids, that or she'd play with their treasures.

"Kuro...Kuro..." Her childish words carried into the night, laughter attracting the attention of demons all around.

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Youko grabbed the imperial rubies, a rarity there. Quickly he met up with his group, racing out to the front gates where he met up with Kuronue, Yomi joined them soon after.

"Let's hurry back. My plants are going absurd."

"...right." Kuronue, Yomi and Youko split up in their groups and did a lap around before landing in a bloodied campsite.

Kuronue and Youko stopped in shock at the edge of their camp site. Kuronue saw the blood staining the trees and the vines wrapped around demon heads. "Kagome!?"

Kagome poked her head out of the hollow hole of the sycamore tree that Youko had been sitting beneath earlier. "Kuro!" She cried happily. Her black wavy hair that stopped beneath her ears bobbed at the happy movement, her blue eyes sparkling. "Kuro! Kuro! Bad guy come take mine!"

"What?" Kuronue asked. Youko finished analyzing the mess and turned to Kagome, who was now held close to Kuronue. He immediately knew what she had said.

"Her bracelet, it was taken."

"Take mine! Take Mine!" Her eyes watered slightly, tears fell from her clenched shut eyes.

"Took, he took it. Not take."

"Youko, she's three, by three, you were only capable of whining and yipping." Kuronue said, brushing leaves from the sad girls' hair.

"Right, who took it from you?"

"...Youko puppy!"

"...Youko puppy?" The three men shared looks between them.

"I saw!" Youko turned, not at all surprised by the new voice.

"Who kit?"

"It was a demon halfbreed. Dog demon halfbreed, with silver hair, gold eyes and dog ears...he looked like you, only...not nearly as graceful, and much less lethal...oh, and he didn't have a tail!"

"Good, now where did you come from little one?"

"...He took something from me too. I was following, so that I could fight him and get it back!"

"You have a strong spirit, but foolish tact."

"WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW!? He...he took my mom..."

"..." Youko frowned, getting on one knee before the auburn haired fox kit with green eyes; he placed his clawed hand on the boys head. "This demon, do you know why―"

"Inside!"

Kuronue and Yomi looked between the two fox demons.

Youko looked at the child fox demon, "Inside what?"

"Inside of her! Her blood, it has a rare ingredient, but I don't know why he wants it. The stuff that flows through her, is something used in Necromancy!"

"Necromancer?"

"Not him...he's a demon halfbreed, kicked out from the royal crescent family for tainted blood."

"Now I know for sure who it is; Inuyasha of the Taisho Crescent family." His eyes hardened, "Now, kit, you are to stay here with Yomi and the girl."

"I...Alright..."

"Wait! I'm going too!"

"Yomi, you will stay with Kagome!" Youko left and Kuronue gave the girl to Yomi who glared coldly at him, he said nothing, but gave a look to the Kit to watch him before leaving after Youko.

"Damn it!"

"Bad word Yomi..." Kagome snuggled into his chest and he sighed.

"Yeah, yeah...I know brat." He sat beneath the sycamore, waiting for his leader to return.

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