InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Demonic Wish ❯ Chapter 4

A/N: I'M BACK!!!!! Florida was fun, but I'm glad I'm home. I spent like a TON of money at Disney World! They had a Japanese store at Epcot! I only got, like, a quarter of the way through the store, but I spent over $70 there anyway!! ^_^;; Ok…I'm done now…

DISCLAIMER; Inuyasha is mine *laughs maniacally *

A Demonic Wish

Chapter 4

The REAL Dreaded Story-line Repeat

(I was gonna' put it in the last one, but I changed my mind!!)

The person in his arms didn't look like Kagome. And it wasn't just the purple light bathing them that was distorting his perception.

The woman lying before him wasn't even human. Her hair was long and had a silvery-blue tint to it; not the familiar raven color of Kagome's locks. She had sharp fangs and menacing looking claws. And, even as he stared at the stranger, she was changing. Her apparently human ears began to transform into two triangles perched atop her head.

Inuyasha gasped. The young hanyou across his lap WAS Kagome! He had turned her into a half demon!

` "…P-please let her live, make her strong…l-like me." '

The realization of how he had phrased his wish to the Shikon-no-tama hit Inuyasha with more force than a thousand `sit's ' put together. He had asked the jewel to make her like him! Inuyasha frantically reached for the jewel, hoping that somehow it could reverse his blunder.

As soon as his fingers came in contact with the jewel the light in the clearing became so bright that Inuyasha was forced to close his eyes. Once his hand completely surrounded the jewel, Inuyasha was met with a searing, almost crippling, pain in his side and the area resonated with a deafening crack.

Inuyasha abandoned the jewel and instead focused all his attention on Kagome. Trying to wake her before the transformation was complete.

"Kagome…Kagome, WAKE UP!"

Inuyasha knew this wouldn't help, but he had to do something to help Kagome; anything!! But…

The light in the clearing disappeared and Kagome opened her now purple eyes to reveal vertical slits in place of her normally round pupils.

…it was too late.

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"Inuyasha! Did you find Kagome?!"

The others came bursting into the clearing just as Kagome sat-up.

"We saw everything from the woods; what happened?"

Inuyasha tore his eyes away from Kagome and fixed the others with a very pained expression they had ever seen on the young hanyou's face before. It was something like regret, only without the anger usually present when he thought of Kikyo.

"Naraku attacked her in the woods and I used the jewel to he-," Inuyasha's voice faltered; how could he say he had `helped' her when he had done such an awful thing? He cleared his voice and continued, " I used the jewel to make sure she lived."

At least that was true; she would live, even if she'd probably never speak to him again once she found out what he'd done. But at least she'd live.

"Is she ok?"

"Well," How was he supposed to answer that? Sure she was alive, but ok? Only, if you considered being turned into a half demon by a cursed jewel `ok'. , " well…errm…"

"What's wrong, Inuyasha?"

"I-I…err…I sorta'…well…"

"Spit it out dog-boy!!"

The name made him wince.

At this point, the others were thoroughly confused. The casual reference to his canine side didn't usually offend the half dog-demon; something was definitely wrong.

Kagome chose this moment to stand-up, dust herself off, and address the others; she was done seeing Inuyasha squirm.

"I'm fine. Can we go now?"

All anyone could do was stare, wide eyed and open mouthed, at the transformed Kagome.

"What are you all gaping at?"

Everyone just continued to stare.

"What?! If someone doesn't tell me what's wrong I'm gonna'…"

No one ever learned what exactly Kagome had planned to do to them, because, right then, Inuyasha chose to stand, distracting Kagome.

"Inuyasha, what's going on? Why's everyone staring at me? How come I can't remember what happened? And WHY is my voice so freakin' loud?"

Kagome was close to tears and becoming more and more hysterical by the minute.

"Come on," Inuyasha sighed and grabbed a hold of Kagome's trembling hand, " I'll tell you everything."

With that Kagome and Inuyasha slowly walked off into the forest.

"What's wrong with Kagome; she smells weird. And what was that all about?"

"I don't know Shippou," Miroku gazed thoughtfully after the pair, " but whatever it is, it can't be good."

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"Inuyasha, what happened to me? What's so horrible that you had to talk to me alone?"

Inuyasha knew this was going to be harder than he'd thought. Not only did he have to confess to Kagome he'd turned her into a hanyou, but he also had to explain what had happened to Kagome in the woods when he himself wasn't exactly sure what had transpired between Naraku and the young miko. Inuyasha drew in a deep breath and uttered one word.

"Naraku."

"Naraku?" Kagome's face snapped to attention at the sudden flow of unpleasant memories, "I-I remember now. He attacked me in the woods and, and…"

Kagome's hands rushed to her mouth of their own accord. She thought she was going to be sick at the mere memory of that disgusting whelp.

` "…That's no way to talk to your future master…" '

The blatant claim Naraku had made on her life angered her to the very core. How dare he, of all people, claim her for his own. How dare he touch her in such an invasive way. How dare he even touch her at all?! In short, Kagome was pissed; so much so that it was obvious to Inuyasha.

"Kagome, what did he do? What else happened to you in those woods?"

Kagome started, in her own anger and reflection she had almost forgotten Inuyasha was there at all. He was probably curious as to what had made her so angry, but she wasn't about to tell him. Kagome put on a false sense of cheer.

"Oh nothing, Naraku just attacked me to retrieve the jewel, that's all."

"Oh really," Inuyasha didn't believe her for a second, "then why didn't he take it?"

Kagome looked confused.

"I used the jewel to heal you, so Naraku obviously didn't take it. So you're either lying, or you've lost all sense of reason."

"I…err…well…"

"I thought so; you were lying to me. But why?"

"I'm sorry, I just don't feel like talking about it yet. I'll tell you later ok?"

"No you won't, it'll be just like the last time Naraku took you. I'll be left in the dark AGAIN. You need to tell me, Kagome, or else I won't know how to help you."

"Fine," Kagome's face was an expressionless mask, "in our last encounter Naraku…Naraku… H-he kissed me."

Inuyasha was speechless.

"It was sooo disgusting! I-it was like he was raping my mouth, so naturally, I slapped him. Then he made some crack about me being just like Kikyo, and left."

"H-he KISSED you?! That bastard is gonna pay! Just wait until I get my hands on him!!"

Inuyasha rose to leave.

"Wait, Inuyasha," Kagome pulled him back down, "ther-there's more."

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A/N: That's all for this chapter!! Hope it wasn't too much of a cliffy, I'm trying to get away from that. I, personally, HATE them; I just do it out of habit ^_^;; Sorry it took so long; like, half-way through the chapter I got sick and I couldn't look at the computer screen without barfing. Special. I'm changing my criteria for posting; I'm not gonna get 20 reviews any time soon, so I'll post again when I have 15 reviews, ok? I currently have 10, counting all the other sites I've posted on. Sooo, REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!!