InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Distant Love ❯ strange developments ( Chapter 2 )
Chapter 2: Strange Developments.
"Inu-yasha! *giggles* Wait for me!"
Kagome was running after Inu in a field of flowers, a big smile on her face. Suddenly, the skies turned dark and everything became pitch black. Inu-yasha turned his back on her and walked away.[ ya' know where I'm going with dis don't ya?]
"Goodbye.My Kagome."
Kagome sank to her knees, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"No.NO! INU-YASHAAA!!!"
Kagome sat upright in a bed. 'Where am I?' she thought. 'Strange. This looks like Kaede's hut. But it can't be.'
Just then, an orange ball of fur dashed inside and knocked Kagome down again.
"Oooof! What the-SHIPPO?!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Kagome! Kagome, I'm so happy you're awake!" Shippo told her. Kagome hugged her pup and stood up to go outside.
"Kagome, where are we going?" he asked. "Outside?" She just nodded.
Outside.
Kaede knew what happened to Inu-yasha. Sango and Miroku found them and brought Kagome back. She's been asleep for two days already.
Kagome and Shippo came out of the hut, Shippo still being carried by his surrogate parent. 'Good,' Kaede thought. 'She's awake.'
"Ohayo Kaede!" Kagome said. She smiled at the old woman. Although, she would never tell Kaede that she looked old.
"Hello Kagome. So you finally decided to wake up and join the world again, huh?"
Kagome blushed. She knew that she had probably been asleep a long time since her muscles were so stiff. "Thank you for taking care of Shippo. I hope he wasn't too much trouble."
Kaede chuckled. "Of course he was," she told Kagome, making Shippo pout. "HEY!" he said.
Kagome smiled at his reaction and told him that Kaede was only kidding around with him. "Where are the others?" she asked Kaede.
"They went out to get me more herbs."
Kagome blinked. Kaede had a lot of herbs and really didn't need anyone to go collect some for her yet since Inu and Kagome did that just last week.
"What happened to yours?" she asked. Kaede's face grew serious as she took out a small container from her robes.
"I used them in making this salve for your wound."
Kagome looked at her arm. The only reason she did so was because she noticed that it was hotter than the rest of her body. She found a bandage wrapped around it but it was weird because of the fact that it didn't hurt at all. She put Shippo down on the ground and started to unwind the bandage to see what happened.
When the cloth finally fell away, she looked at her arm and saw. nothing. There wasn't any wound or even a scar. Nothing at all, as if nothing had ever happened. But.what DID happen to it?
'I-I think that I felt a sting but I'm not sure.' Kagome thought, absently rubbing her arm.
"Kaede," she said. "What happened to my arm?"
"Some sort of poison was given to you. I had to use this salve but I had only used it once before, and that person didn't make it. I don't really know the side-effects bt if there are any then it should show today."
"But, I don't feel any different."
"Good. Then maybe there aren't any side-effects."
Kagome.
I really don't feel any different. In fact. I feel great!
Just then a sharp pain shot through my abdomen. "Ugh!" I groaned and doubled-over, clutching my stomach in pain.
"Kagome!" Shippo yelled. "What's wrong?!" I got up and forced myself to run as fast as I could. I finally stopped when I reached the Goshinboku tree. The pain shot through me, even worse this time, and I dug my nails into the bark of the tree. I gouged big marks into the time-hardened tree. I didn't even notice that my nails had turned into claws. The pain was that bad. It really hurt! I clenched my right hand into a fist and bit down on my bottom lip.
After a few more minutes the pain finally went away and I sank to the ground. Burying my face into my hands, I unconsciously got blood on my face. "The blood came from my right hand where my claws had dug into my palm and from my bottom lip where I sank my fangs into.
My head shot up and my ears, which were on top of my head, twitched.
"Wait!' I thought. 'Since when did I have claws and fangs?!'
I looked at my hands. Sure enough, where my nails used to be, I now had some very deadly looking claws. My first instinct was to panic but I forced myself to relax.
'Take it easy,' I told my self. 'You might kill somebody if you panic!'
"Water." I whispered, my voice sounding lower. Wow. Even my voice had changed!
Slowly getting up, I sniffed the air to find some water but I smelled something AWFUL and my ears laid back. They twitched when I heard water. I did both of these things unconsciously, just like when my ears flattened when I smelled that AWFUL STENCH!!! I bounded off in search of water.
After a while, I came to a small stream.
I looked into the water and froze. It didn't reflect Kagome but an exotic- looking female hanyou. My hair had turned into a bright red color. I had cute little dog ears perched on my head and they were covered in bright red fur just a shade darker than my hair. And my eyes! They had turned into a shimmering amethyst and looked like they had a life of their own.
I sighed. So I was a hanyou now huh? I wonder why I changed.Then I suddenly remembered.
'THE SALVE!'
Turning around to go back to Kaede's hut. I caught the scent of ramen. Unconsciously licking my lips, I ran towards the smell.
'Kaede must be cooking some ramen for Shippo' I thought.
Just then.I bumped into something hard and fell backwards onto my butt. Might be a rock or a wall. I had closed my eyes and didn't see it. But I didn't see a wall.when I opened them and looked into a pair of familiar gold eyes.