InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demonic Changes ❯ The Start ( Chapter 2 )

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Chapter 2 The Start

Dreams had usually been beautiful for Kagome, involving love, beauty, and best of all a male counterpart. Someone who was she that is in male form-someone who she could just speak to without thinking about what she said and what the consequences of those words would cause. But now she was having a dream and it wasn't the best in her opinion, in hurt. Physically hurt her to be in it and involved in it. Plainly put-it just fucking hurt.

`Why must I always be in pain? Why must someone I know or me be in some sort of pain?' Her fingers burned with an inhumanly pain while her teeth felt as if she just had braces put on then tightened.

A light was refusing her from opening her eyes, causing her even more discomfort. But a soft song was playing in the background-oddly enough it sounded like a song she had heard from one of her friends that loved Enya. It was soft in playing but grew louder-a steady beat raising and hurting her ears. Suddenly a horrible pain ripped through Kagome's body, causing her limbs to spasm out of control.

"Stop," she moaned softly, "I said stop!!!"

The light left as soon as the second stop was said but then there was a deathly silence, not even the Enya song was playing. Too afraid to find out what waited for her if she opens her eyes, Kagome tired to put her arm up. When she finally got it to her face, it being too tired and painful to just raise it to her face, she touched her face to see or find if anything was amiss. Something was, Kagome had claws.

`Wha--? Did I always have them but didn't notice them? And why is my face so warm?'

A tiny hand was patting her cheek in order to get her from unconsciousness. Slowly opening her orbs she was met with brilliant sunlight, causing a stinging sensation to erupt inside her eyeballs, quickly shutting them even didn't save them from the harmful rays. A groan passed her lips followed by a startled yelp from the owner of the tiny hand.

"Are you okay Kagome Chan?" A small voice asked from beside her ear. Kagome nodded in response even though the shaking cased her pain. "You look pale." The hand pushed open Kagome's left eye giving her a full eye of Shippo's concerned face.

"Agh, what happened?" Someone behind Kagome helped putting her in a sitting position. "I can't remember what happened after that explosion." Shippo fidgeted nervously gaining Kagome's stare. "What happened?"

"Now Kagome-Chan, just relax, we'll have you back to normal in no time!" Sango exclaimed in a high-pitched squeal. "There's absolutely nothing to worry about." Kagome looked over at Sango, she seemed different...more anxious.

`And why does she mean by having me back to normal? Something is wrong…' Kagome looked down at her hands well her thoughts strayed to other things. Her Human hands were replaced with deadly youkai hands-at each finger there was a claw, a deadly sharp claw. `But I'm Human!' Her mellow thoughts turned frantic when she discovered more of the change. Her once shoulder blade length onyx tresses were past her buttock, giving Kagome's innocent face a more mature look that she really did not appreciate.

"Kagome is that you?" A disbelief filled voice called out; she turned her head towards the voice and saw InuYasha, his face still clearly showing shock and possible concern. His left hand reached out towards her as if to give her a helping hand but was quickly put down by his side. A soft wind picked up before it turned into a full-blown windstorm. Miroku grabbed onto Sango as she was slowly being lifted away, Shippo held onto Kagome's torso and InuYasha wasn't even affected by the wind-his hair and clothing ripped around, lashing out at everything close by.

"Now, now, it looks like Sesshomaru didn't get himself a rutting partner. How sad," all heads turned upwards toward the wind demon, Kagura. Her clothes and whole person wasn't even affected by the wind as she slowly descended to the ground to stand regally-or as much considering she is evil. "And here I thought he was getting soft." The said person made no outward sign that he was outraged but he hid it all behind a careful placed façade. Kagura watched as Kagome struggled with the force of the wind, "and you, are you another bitch? Watch out, girl that half demon may just betray you then like you when you're dead." Her cold laughter reached everyone; InuYasha was about to attack her when Kagome finally said something.

"Kagura be quiet!" Kagome's voice stilled the wind, or rather the source of the wind. Kagome stood up to put Shippo down and slowly approach the wind demon. "You wanted to tell us something but had no patience. What is it?" Her normally soft, naïve orbs flashed dangerously as she spoke.

Kagura drew her white and red fan, "Oh hasn't this one gotten a bit full of herself? I came here to inform you all that Naraku plans to meet you all in one months time, for the final battle." She was in mid-pull of a feather from her hair when she was interrupted.

"Why would he send you to tell us this?" Miroku asked from a yard away from Kagome. He seemed in total control of the situation that is until a shrill yell of `sukebe.' Kagome shook her head as she turned her eyesight back to Kagura.

"Look, I don't like being under Naraku's command. So I am only giving you guys some information." Kagura shrugged as she pulled her feather out and jumped on it. "You don't have to believe me but it would be in your favor to. Oh and this won't be the last time we meet." With that she left, Kagome turned back to her friends smiled then fainted.

InuYasha caught her as she fell when Sango had Kirara carry the form of her friend. The monk, that had earlier touched an exterminator in a very indecent area, was unconscious from the blow to the head with an overly large boomerang. Sesshomaru watched them carefully left the newly transformed demon unto another demon. `That cannot be the same Human from before can it? Surely she doesn't change from Human to Youkai in the matter of minutes.' His advanced mind worked at every possibility but came up with nothing.

InuYasha noticed his half brother was still there seemingly in his own world. "Yo, bastard go hump a tree, I'm busy." The pure blooded youkai's gaze flicked over to his younger sibling, his eyes narrowing at the hanyou's choice of words.

As the Taiyoukai of the Saigoku was forming his energy he noticed that his body would not summon any. `Is this witchcraft?' His thoughts cool and calm didn't answer his questions; InuYasha noticing his brother still remained.

"Why you still here?" The half demon saw what he feared, something was wrong with his older brother. Sure he boasted that he would kill him in a blink of an eye, but the commonly known heartless demon was still InuYasha's half brother, half brother but still brother. "Is something wrong?" Concern leaked into InuYasha's voice.

"It would seem that my energy is being withheld," Sesshomaru looked to his sibling to see if any triumph flashed through the identical orbs but nothing happened only slight puzzlement. Sango saw the two exchange words wondering what was occurring she spoke up, all the while thinking of the rivalery that seemed to have vanished between the brothers.

"InuYasha, maybe Kaede-San knows what is a foot here." Sango interrupted the brothers, she feared for her close friend, Kagome, and wished that they were already at the village. It was but a few hours away and so they needed to get moving if they wished to be there before the dark of night. "We need to leave." She joined Miroku on Kirara by the form of Kagome before taking to the air. InuYasha watched them go before turning to his older brother again.

"You want to---?" His question was cut short as the demon lord was thrown towards the direction in which the rest of the rag-tag flown at. InuYasha leaped after the disoriented demon lord, only one thought in his mind, it repeating it self like a mantra.

`What is going on here?' His question was left unanswered due to the fact that he was thinking this and no one could read minds. Miroku, sitting behind his secret love, felt the demon aura coming towards them.

"Sango," he waited until she acknowledged him speaking before continuing. "I feel something coming this way." She sighed before even talking.

"Maybe it's InuYasha, Houshi-Sama."

"No, it feels more powerful then InuYasha's aura-like Sesshomaru." Miroku turned his head to gaze behind them and saw a red dot following a white dot. `Why is Sesshomaru following us? We don't have anything that the demon lord would want.'

"Well maybe because of Kagome's transformation he favors her." Sango suggested to the disbelieving monk holding up an unconscious Kagome. As dusk slowly descended on them, the village came into view lifting a certain monk's spirits, Kaede, who had been picking herbs in the forest, came out looking in their direction. She saw the still form of Kagome-or rather a woman with long obsidian hair-and assumed the worst.

"Kaede-Dono, something's happened…" Sango began but was stopped as she saw Sesshomaru land uncomfortably close to Kagome, with InuYasha hot on his tail.

Kaede paid no attention to this however she looked at the once Human Kagome. "Bring her into the hut," she turned towards the demon lord. "Lord Sesshomaru, and what you be needing from this soul?" He barely paid her a glance before he floated-rather reluctantly-towards the hut. `What could this mean?' The aged woman thought before glancing at the half demon that seemed used to this, she walked into the hut.

Once in the hut, Sango, with the help of Miroku were putting the unconscious form of Kagome on a futon located near the back corner; Sesshomaru was sitting crossed leg a foot or so beside the futon looking non to pleased. After Kagome was situated Miroku sat by the fire pit, leaning on to his staff for some support while Sango sat across from him pulling off her weapon to get comfortable.

Kaede sat in front of the new female demon, glancing at the demon lord in the corner of her eye, "what has happened?" She directed her question to no one, only hoping for an answer to her question. Sango took it upon her self to answer the village priestess.

"We were walking a half day from here in a forest, when Kagome felt Sesshomaru-Sama aura coming towards us. During the fight the happened between the InuYasha and his older half sibling, Kagura showed up and conjured up a wind-knocking InuYasha towards Houshi-Sama and myself and Sesshomaru-Sama towards Kagome." Sango paused her recap of the story to catch her breath. "When we were back on our feet, Kagome was covered with a soft light and after the light disappeared she was….this." Sango couldn't bring her self to say anything more.

Kaeda nodded as she thought over the new information, "Miroku-Sama would ye kindly get Chika? She should be tending to her garden, thank ye."

"Of course," the monk got up from his sitting position to leave, the bamboo door swaying slightly. InuYasha walked in, looking at all the inhabitants stopping at his older half brother before sitting where Miroku was. A few minutes rolled by without a sound, only the occasional sigh from Sango and snore from Shippo, who was curled up by Sango's right thigh. Humming could be heard as two people neared the priestess' hut, Miroku walked in first then a young woman walked in.

Her dark brown orbs lit in concern when she saw the form of Kagome, her long tree bark colored hair was tied back in a thick braid; she wore what any villager would ware-yet there seemed to be a grace about her that no other person had. Her voice was slightly nasally but still soft when she spoke, "Kaede-Sensei, what is the matter?"

Kaede turned from her sitting position to look at her student. "I do not wish that so many be in here, would ye kindly leave?" Sango got up before casting a wary glance at the indifferent demon lord and a troubled glance at her friend. Miroku followed her out, once again gazing at Kagome with concern shinning in his depths. InuYasha walked them leave before turning accusing eyes on Kaede and his older brother.

"I'm not leaving Kagome with him!" So InuYasha stayed to make sure that Sesshomaru didn't do anything that would endanger Kagome, Kaede sighed as her student took a seat by her.

"Chika-San, do you have any recollection about the Youkai and Human prophecy?"

The woman thought for a second before knowledge dawned on her, "you do not think that Kagome is the Human in the prophecy?" Kaede nodded her head in assent, "but Kaede-Sensei, who would be the Youkai in that prophecy?"

"By the events that caused Kagome-San to become like this, it would have to be Sesshomaru." Chika gasped as she turned her eyes on the feared taiyoukai.

"But-but it cannot be!" Sesshomaru who turned chilling golden orbs her way noticed her disbelieving tone.

"Human, your voice annoys me, be quiet." He went back to staring at the wall as Chika flushed in embarrassment, Kaede thought for a second before turning to InuYasha.

"InuYasha did anything strike ye as odd in Kagome's behavior?" InuYasha thought a second before shaking his head.

"The only thing was that she seemed to loose it in every few seconds." He shrugged.

"What do ye mean?" Kaede questioned while she put a cool rag to Kagome's forehead, it would seem that she had a fever.

"Well she seemed to go off into her own world after she answered a question, Sango may know more about that." The half demon spoke in a slightly angered voice, which caused Chika to flinch and look around the hut frightened.

"Kaede-Sensei, is there anything I may help Kagome-Sama with?" Sesshomaru's pointed ears perked at the suffix added to the Human's name. `What makes this pathetic Human so great?' He glanced at the sleeping woman without turning his head. `I admit, she is rather pretty, such an ordinary pretty though. She's Human.'

As no conclusion came Chika excused herself saying that she had to care for her little girl and her husband should be done for the day but as she pulled up her ill fitting kimono to get up she remembered something. "Kaede-Sensei, what would happen if the two were bonded…permanently?" InuYasha didn't understand what the woman meant by that remake nor did Sesshomaru understand the significance but Kaede seemed very frightened at the prospect; her beady dark eyes widen and her mouth opened in a vain attempt to speak-what ever they were talking about seemed to scared her beyond any youkai could.

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Okay, so how you guys like it? I know things are going slow-at least I think so-right now but it is going to speed up next chapter. Believe me. Really. Now I want to thank everyone who reviewed last chapter:

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Tonomi : Yes I updated but the next chapter isn't going to be coming out for a while even though it's finished. Sorry…(smiles apologetically)

Frozen : Thanks but what do you mean `cold with the personalities except with Sesshomaru's'? Just wondering.