InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ By the Cycles of the Moon ❯ A Poisonous Change ( Chapter 1 )

By the Cycles of the Moon

A/N: My first Inuyasha fic! Please read and review! *teary eyed* pweese?

Chapter 1: A Poisonous Change

"Bye Mom!" Kagome shouted back to her mother as she ran out the door with large yellow bag, picking up her pink bike along the way.

"Don't be there too long Kagome! I want to see my daughter at least for a day this summer!" Ms. Higurashi called from the kitchen. She smiled when she heard Kagome's muffled call of "ok, Mom!"

Kagome was really happy about school being over. She hadn't been to Feudal Japan in a few weeks now, and Inuyasha would be furious, not to mention everyone else would be worried. But even though she was stuck in Hellish school, she had been able to spend some much-needed time with her friends of this time. They had begun to worry about her. But now she was longing for adventure again, and she yearned to go back to the Feudal Era. Her mother and grandfather hadn't let her go until school ended. It was only a few weeks, so they saw to it that she could wait. But school had finally ended and she was free to stay in Feudal Japan for as long as she liked.

"I hope you get stuck down there!" Souta sneered at his older sister, sticking his tongue out at her as she passed. He had just caught their fat cat Buyo when he stopped to taunt his sister. Feeling the releasing hold on him, Buyo saw his chance and bounded away, leaving an infuriated Souta behind. Kagome laughed at him.

"I'll miss you too, Brat," She growled back, still chuckling, bending over to grin in his face as he glared at her, and then ran off after the snickering cat.

Kagome straightened and waved to her grandfather through the window. He was tinkering with some tourist junk for the shrine and smiled and waved as she walked by.

"Don't forget about us again, Kagome!" He called.

"Oh don't worry Grandpa, I won't!" Kagome laughed, getting to the well. She hitched her bike up to the side of the well and shifted her large bag. After she believed everything would fit into the well, she jumped in and instantly the world turned into the bluish sea that sent her to Feudal Japan. She began to laugh as that tingling feeling of time travel swept over her body.

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Inuyasha was pacing back and forth at his tree, waiting for Kagome to return to this time. He had stayed at the tree as to not show his anticipation for Kagome to Miroku or Sango. He couldn't show anyone that he had feelings for Kagome. Not even Kagome! But he had begun to worry about Kagome. She hadn't been to this time in a few weeks now. And Miroku and Sango had prevented him from going through the well. They told him something about how Kagome told them that she didn't want anyone going to her time with her. Something about… finales or stool or something.

Inuyasha suddenly heard the sound of footsteps crunching on the grass and few fallen leaves. He instantly froze and swiveled his silvery-white dog ears atop his head around where he stood. The footsteps began to come closer to him, so he jumped up into the God Tree and took his hiding place within the branches. He narrowed his golden amber eyes as the wind softly played with his silvery-white hair, the same color as his ears. Inuyasha waited for the intruder to show itself.

Miroku appeared, hitting away some branches from shrubs and other bushes as he made his way to the tree. He had a fresh red hand mark on the side of his light face. He scratched his raven colored hair as his deep violet eyes scanned the area for his hanyou friend.

"Inuyasha, where are you? I know you're here so come out." Miroku commanded, leaning on his staff.

"What do you want?" Inuyasha growled as he jumped down from his hiding place. "And you were groping Sango again, you pervert."

Miroku's eyes lit up as a large grin plastered onto his face.

"Ah! But it was the perfect opportunity! She had seemed to lose something, so she was bending over and her ass was just there in the air and it was so…"

"Shut up monk! I don't want to hear any details about your perverted escapades!" Inuyasha shouted, drowning out Miroku before he got to the disgusting part of his explanation. "Now what do you want?"

"Oh nothing, I just decided to come by. I mean, it was such a nice day and all…" Miroku trailed off.

"Sango kicked you out of Keade's, right?" Inuyasha chuckled as he silenced the monk.

"Uh, well, not really, you see, uhm, well… yeah." Miroku finally confessed.

"So you had nothing else to do but bug me." Inuyasha mused, flopping onto the ground and reclining against his tree. Miroku sat down too, placing his staff in the grass next to him and leaning back against the tree. He then noticed something in the grass and snickered.

"How long having you been pacing Inuyasha?" He asked mischievously.

"What the hell are you talking about monk?!" Inuyasha growled loudly.

"Look at the grass Inuyasha."

Inuyasha did. And he saw that since he had been pacing (nearly the entire couple of weeks waiting) that he had made a pretty deep indent in the grass, which had died and began to turn brown from the pressure of having the hanyou walk over it again and again. Inuyasha blushed as Miroku snickered.

"You like her, don't you Inuyasha?" Miroku asked, suddenly serious.

"No! I don't! Hmph! As if I could like a wench like her!" Inuyasha cried out defensively.

"You don't have to lie to me Inuyasha, I know you do. I've seen the signs for a long time." Miroku said sincerely.

"Hmph! I don't know what you're talking about!" Inuyasha growled, turning away.

"Oh well. Then that means she's open game to me." Miroku seemed to sigh as if it were nothing. He smiled and rubbed his hands together. Inuyasha whipped his head around, flattened his ears to his head and barred his fangs at his friend.

"You touch her, and I will personally rip you limb from limb you perverted monk!" He growled menacingly.

"See? Would you be so defensive if you didn't like her?" Miroku grinned in triumph.

"Well… just don't tell anyone. Or I WILL rip you limb from limb." The dog demon said, turning away again, a large blush forming on his face.

"Ah, Inuyasha, do I seem that untrustworthy to you?" The monk asked, sitting up.

"Yes. You do." Inuyasha growled again, facing him, the blush still evident. Miroku glared at him, and suddenly whacked him upside the head with his staff, taking Inuyasha completely off guard.

"WHAT THE-?! WHY YOU-!! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT MONK!!!" Inuyasha roared, jumping after the monk, grabbing onto his neck. A sudden soft rustle made the two men stop wrestling.

"What is going on here? I heard you two yelling." Sango appeared from the undergrowth.

"Oh Sango, my darling! Will you ever forgive me for my unruly behavior earlier today! You know that I only do that because you are so beautiful!" Miroku cried at Sango, taking her into a tight hug, making her blush. Inuyasha looked down and where Miroku used to be and saw that he was only holding onto a piece of wood. He rolled his eyes for what was about to come next. Miroku slid his hand down to Sango's butt and gave it a hard squeeze.

"PERVERT!!!!!!" Sango screamed, slapping Miroku with her boomerang. Miroku fell to the ground with a red face, but began to laugh. Inuyasha rolled his eyes at the couple when he suddenly heard the soft sound of tinkling bells and swiveled his ears in that direction. He heard the fall of feet and another heavy object fall to the earth.

"Kagome's back!" Inuyasha shouted, tearing off in the direction of the well.

"Ah, why don't we go together my little butterfly?" Miroku charmingly offered Sango his arm as he stood up and was only knocked down again by his infatuation.

"In your dreams pervert." She grumbled, walking off.

"Oh many times my dear." He replied happily.

"HOUSHI!!!!" Sango screamed after him as he tore off after Inuyasha. She quickly followed. *'Houshi' means `monk' in Japanese, I believe*

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Kagome saw the blue light fade down and disappear as she lightly fell to the ground of the Feudal Japan well. She looked up and saw a clear blue sky; the sun had just finished making it over the horizon, and now the colors were bright and clear. She began to climb up the vines growing on the side of the well with great difficulty. That bike and bag were really heavy! She began to pant as she pulled harder and felt the vines begin to break.

`Oh shit,' She thought. But even though she was prepared to fall back down to the bottom of the well, she didn't. Actually, the weight seemed to lift from her shoulders! She looked up to see two bright amber pools staring down at her in a curtain of silver. Inuyasha had pulled the bike off of her shoulders and now grabbed onto her yellow bag and pulled her out of the well by it. He held her up over the ground, her feet inches from the grass and glared at her.

"Where have you been? It's been over 3 fucking weeks!" Inuyasha shouted at her. She just hung there staring at him, giving Inuyasha a very appeasing look since he felt such dominance over her.

"Well hello to you too Inuyasha!" Kagome pouted at him. "I'm so glad you're happy to see me!"

"Feh! Answer my question wench, where have you been? You've wasted tons of time to look for the Shikon Jewel shards!" Inuyasha growled, pulling her hanging form mere inches away from his face. He glared at her with slitted amber eyes. She glared back with her deep grey-blue eyes.

Just then Miroku and Sango burst through some dense shrubbery and stared straight at the scene at hand. Miroku took one look at the surprised and blushing couple and burst out laughing.

"What are you doing to her Inuyasha?!" Sango cried, running over to her friend. Inuyasha took one look at Kagome and blushed, and then back to Sango and dropped Kagome on her butt.

"Ow! Inuyasha, you jerk! You could have put me down nicely!" Kagome yelled from the ground, while Sango helped her up and took her large yellow bag and chucked it a still-laughing Miroku.

"Feh, stupid weak wench." Inuyasha growled. Kagome just glared at him, but stopped when she turned to hug Sango.

"Oh it's so good to see you again Sango!" She greeted happily.

"Same here Kagome! We've been a bit worried, since you've been gone so long!" Sango replied, leading Kagome back they way she and Miroku had come.

"Hey Miroku." Kagome greeted the still chuckling monk, as he bowed to her.

"Ah, Lady Kagome, still as beautiful as ever!" He cried happily, taking her hand and attempting to pull her into a hug. However, Sango had smacked him one and Inuyasha had started growling a deep low growl. Kagome sweat dropped, not noticing Inuyasha's growl at Miroku.

"Anyway, where's Shippo?" Kagome asked Sango as she and the demon exterminator walked to the village, followed by a glaring hanyou and head-throbbing monk.

"He's helping out Keade with gathering herbs and such for our stew today. Inuyasha still has to catch our main meal." Sango added, glaring back at the dog demon. Kagome laughed and she and Sango began jabbering on about nonsense and Inuyasha tuned them out. He just kept staring at Kagome, and his gaze always seemed to drift down to her backside, but he would catch himself and remind himself not to be like the perverted monk.

~*~

The group had made it to the village and Keade's hut. Shippo instantly launched himself at Kagome and hugged her around the middle.

"Kagome! I've missed you so much!" He greeted happily, his bushy tail wagging in contentment.

"I've missed you too Shippo!" Kagome laughed, hugging the fox youkai back. Inuyasha just glared daggers at the young demon. Kagome walked toward the old woman when and happily hugged when she appeared in the doorway.

"How are you Lady Kagome? It has been awhile." Keade greeted in her raspy voice.

"I am fine. How about you Keade? You look very well!" Kagome said. She was about to start some small talk with the old miko when Inuyasha cleared his throat.

"I'll go get lunch, but afterwards we're going to the mountains right away." He said, his voice in a commanding tone.

"Mountains? Why?" Kagome asked.

"A jewel shard was rumored to be there. We were going to go as soon as you got back, Lady Kagome." Miroku answered her.

"Oh." Was all Kagome said. She and everyone except Inuyasha went into Keade's hut and began catching up with each other. Shippo snuggled up against Kagome and inhaled her scent, unknowing to everyone else. He really liked Kagome, even if Inuyasha kept warning him to stay away from her. He figured that since Inuyasha wasn't here, it wouldn't do any harm.

Inuyasha on the other hand, had sniffed around and found a rabbit and was off in hunt. He quickly found it and killed it with his claws, sinking them deep into his neck, snapping its bone and killing it instantly. He bounded off to Keade's hut and landed around back. He skinned the animal and threw the remains far off into the woods, so not to attract wild animals to Keade's hut. He might have been rude, but he did respect Keade and didn't want to cause her too much trouble. He brought the meat in and dropped it onto a plate set out for it. Everyone looked up at him from the sound.

"Back already Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, looking pitifully at the rabbit meat.

"Yes." He snapped. Keade rolled her eyes at the hanyou and grabbed up the meat and began to cook it. It didn't take long, and soon everyone was enjoying a bowl of rabbit stew.

Shippo had moved away from snuggling Kagome when Inuyasha had returned. He didn't want to be pummeled to the ground today. It had been a good choice, for Inuyasha had gone and sat down next to Kagome, in between Shippo and the girl. He glared at the fox and began to eat.

It was not long before everyone was done and beginning to head off towards the mountains. Miroku and Sango (much to Sango's displeasure) would be riding on Kirara, and Kagome would be riding her bike, with Shippo riding in the basket. Inuyasha would be walking, carrying Kagome's bag. ("What am I?! A pack horse?!") It began to deepen into the afternoon, and Kagome and Kirara were beginning to get tired. The party decided to stop at a near clearing rest awhile.

"Ahh…" Kagome sighed, lying against a tree, resting her throbbing legs. Shippo curled up next to her and began to take a nap. Kirara had curled up in between Shippo and Sango, who was lying against the tree next to Kagome's. Miroku was sitting next to Sango, but her boomerang separated them, making sure Miroku tried no funny business. Inuyasha was lounging next to Kagome's bike and her bag, using his arms as a makeshift pillow.

They all were on the verge of falling asleep in the summer heat when they all heard a low growl and the crunches of trees being broken down. The large demon suddenly reared its ugly head over the tree tops and stared down at the surprised party. A certain wind youkai was perched atop the huge poison demon's shoulder, smiling.

"Hello, there." Kagura spoke evilly, fanning herself with her fan weapon. Kagome gasped and jumped up.

"That demon Kagura's on! It's got a jewel shard!" She cried, pointing to its chin. `Well that's an odd place for a jewel shard…' She thought while laughing inwardly.

"It's a poison demon!" Sango shouted, jumping up and grabbing her boomerang. Everyone jumped to their feet.

"Well that won't be too much of a problem." Inuyasha laughed, flexing his claws and placing his other claw near his Tetsusaiga.

"Ah, well, we'll see that soon enough." Kagura laughed, jumping off of the poison demon's shoulder and landing in a nearby tree. "GO!" She screamed at the demon. It instantly complied.

Inuyasha was ready for it and drew his sword. `This will be easy," He thought, "it has no technique and is just charging straight into battle." Inuyasha jumped up and was about to slash at the demon when it suddenly opened its mouth and thousands of needles rained out of it. There was no way Inuyasha could dodge all of them.

Inuyasha slashed through the needles, but he was hit by a few in the process, and suddenly he noticed the rest of the needles were headed straight for… Kagome!

"KAGOME!!! MOVE!!!!" Inuyasha screamed, but was thrown to the side from the demon, taking advantage of his distraction. Luckily, as he looked up, Sango had blocked all the needles with her boomerang and had protected Kagome.

"Inuyasha! Are you alright?!" He heard Kagome's voice call out.

"Of course I am wench!" Inuyasha shouted out, but as he dodged the poison demon's next attack, Kagura suddenly loomed up out of nowhere and had whipped her fan at him. The wind picked up and he was thrown to the side, confused by her not using her razor wind to hurt him. His confusion had given him enough distraction again for the demon to unleash its most powerful attack. It loomed its ugly head up and suddenly brought it down upon Inuyasha, smothering him in its poisonous saliva and swallowing him whole.

"INUYASHA!!!!!" Kagome screamed, starting to run after him, only to be held back by Miroku, who was also devastated by what had just happened.

Everyone stood in shock as Kagura laughed. Tears brewed in Kagome's eyes. `No… it just can't be true… it just can't!' She thought. The poison demon smiled and loomed its head at the rest of the party. It was about to attack the stunned group when a suddenly low voice was heard from its stomach.

"I… MUST… KILL!!!!!!!!!!!"

With that, the demon looked down at its stomach when it was ripped to shreds from the youkai within its stomach. Shippo jumped up and used his foxfire to shield everyone from the poison flying body parts. In its place was standing Inuyasha, breathing heavily, holding Tetsusaiga. Kagome smiled. `Inuyasha's ok!' She thought. She ran out to greet him, when he suddenly looked up and her joy was short lived. Kagome stopped dead in her tracks in fear. Inuyasha's eyes had turned blood red, and he had a crazed smile playing at his lips.

"He's… he's a full demon!" Sango whispered. Miroku held a worn out Shippo and stared in shock.

"And he will stay that way for a full cycle of the moon!" Kagura laughed. "Have fun!" She winked and threw up her feather and flew off quickly.

Kagome returned her attention to the full youkai standing in front of her, smiling his crazy head off.

"RUN KAGOME!!!" Miroku shouted at her as he ran up to her, giving Shippo to Sango. Inuyasha roared at the movement and jumped after Miroku. Miroku only had a second to hold up his staff as he was knocked backwards toward Sango once again.

"Houshi! Are you alright?!" She cried, bending down next to him. He just groaned and sat up. They both stared back at the now helpless Kagome, as she fell to her knees as Inuyasha advanced.

Kagome's heart was beating loudly in her ears as she feared for the worst. The full demon Inuyasha was only out to kill. And it looked as though it were going to be her whom he killed. She thought of screaming the word "SIT!" until she couldn't talk, but her voice seemed to have fled and all she could do was tremble in fear as tears began to fall from her eyes. She fell back from her knees to her back and tried to scoot away, but her limbs weren't working either.

Inuyasha had walked up over Kagome and loomed over her, his red eyes glowing and the smile still playing at his lips. He could hear her heart beating and smell her fear. He sheathed his sword and crouched over her fallen form. He grabbed the front of her shirt and pulled her torso off of the ground as he growled, low and loud, a single word.

"Mine."

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