InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon Eyes ❯ Scent of Change ( Chapter 1 )

Demon Eyes

By LoupeyLady

Synopsis: Inu Yasha loses the Tetsusaiga and transforms. When Kagome tries to stop his rampage she becomes victim… but is it a tragedy or a blessing in disguise?

A/N: My first attempt at a fan fic… please be gentle!

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Kagome's frantic voice drove past his bloodlust, and finally reached his mind. She was so close… As Inu Yasha frantically tried to reverse his transformation, panic clutched his heart. So close… I can smell her blood… on me.

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Kagome watched as recognition finally worked its way onto his face. Her entire body was wracked with pain, but she was becoming more and more distant from it. She watched his eyes travel down her body, to see where his claws were buried in her side.

"Inu… Yasha…" she gasped, as he started to sink to the ground, supporting her body, afraid to remove his claws and cause more damage. "You're back… you forgot us… I hoped… I… love you…"

"Kagome," he said, his face a mask of grief and pain.

She smiled, "I wish…" Her eyes fell closed, and purple light began to fill the air as the Shikon fragments around her neck began to glow.

The youkai blood in his veins, still calming from his transformation, began to heat. His face burned, and his mind began to rip and rearrange. His body started to shake. Inu Yasha looked down sharply at the woman in his arms. He had to get away from Kagome, and spare her any more pain. He shifted her off his lap and onto the ground, carefully removing his claws.

Inu Yasha could see his blood, glowing white in the purple haze, slipping from his wounds and sliding down his arm into her side, fusing with her own. Inu Yasha was amazed to see the wound mend itself, taking in his blood. The same light that was starting to engulf him was now including her. He grabbed her hands as she started to shake.

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Kagome felt herself her body rising. She opened her eyes to see waves of power whipping around her in a whirlpool of purple and white. Inu Yasha was hovering in front of her, his hands gently holding her own.

She watched as his eyes faded from red to gold and his jagged face markings became smooth, unaware that he was watching his own markings appear on her face. He gazed into her now golden eyes with wonder, and then smirked when he saw small black ears begin to poke out of her hair.

Suddenly he jerked her toward him, pulling her into his arms.

"I thought… I… lost you… I thought… I… killed you…"

"It wasn't you… besides… you're a full demon now… you don't have to worry about it ever again… and hey, I'm no worse for wear."

He choked a laugh. "You're better than that. Can't you tell?"

Kagome looked up. "Huh?"

Inu Yasha nuzzled the purple stripe on her cheekbone. "You're as much a demon as I am… we even have the same markings." He took one of her new, fuzzy ears in his lips. "And a few other things."

"Inu Yasha… what are you doing?"

"Celebrating… and don't even think of saying `sit,' because who knows what would happen."

Kagome peeked over his arm at the whirlpool of energy. "Point taken. So… um, I'm not really sure what's going on… I just wished that you would become a full demon so you could control your blood… I guess I'm a side benefit… but do you have any idea why we're stuck in the middle of this thing?" She turned her head to look up at him and bumped noses. The heated, intense look in his eyes was starting to make her very nervous.

"What do you know about inu youkai mating?"

"Huh?" Kagome squeaked.

"Inu youkai like me, and, now you, mate for life."

Kagome's face turned as red as Inu Yasha's kimono. `…Me…you…mate…' was running as a litany through her mind. Her new senses were also rearing their little heads… his scent, which she had used to think of as strong and comforting was now building layers upon layers of information to process… `I can smell… the ramen I made him this morning… our blood on his clothes… the wood of Tetsusaiga's sheath… the magic of the rosary… his fear… of losing me? Salt water… his tears? And something spicy…and sweet… oh, Kami, his arousal! Wait! I can feel that too!

"Kagome?" Inu Yasha asked… a little worried about her lack of response. She seemed to be hiding in his shirt… `wait, was that a sniff? Oh…' he thought with a smirk, `I forgot about her new senses… this should be fun.'