InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Distant Love ❯ waking up...and a different Kagome ( Chapter 5 )

Kagome and Inuyasha were playing a field of flowers.

"Can't catch me Inu!" Kagome taunted. Inuyasha was running after her and she was still human. She ran and ran. . . he couldn't catch her anyway. . . this was fun. . .

Suddenly. . .she bumped into something hard and looked up into deep golden eyes. Kagome grinned up at him.

"Kagome. . ." Inuyasha called from behind her. He had spotted her with HIM, his worst enemy. . .

She didn't even hear him. She was too intent on looking into HIS eyes. Suddenly, he spoke.

"Come, mate. . ." he said, stretching out his arm for her to hold onto. She grinned again.

"Shesshie!" she exclaimed and took his arm to stand by his side. She looked up at him once more. She was drowning in his eyes. . .

All of a sudden, without warning, he smiled down at her. Not a freaky smile, but one that told Kagome how much he truly loved her. His hand that was resting on her waist squeezed a little so that she was against him.

She hugged him tightly before stepping back a little. His hand was still at her waist as her form started to shimmer and change.

Her normally raven black hair, hair that reached to the middle of her back, turned a bright red and grew longer till it reached her lower back, just touching her rounded derrière. Smoky grey-blue eyes turned purple and the cutest red fur-covered ears were perched on top of her head.

No longer a human but a hanyou. Dangerous, lethal. . . and she didn't have to depend on anyone to fight for her anymore.

Her ears twitched as she heard a sound and it turned pitch black a moment later. A laugh was heard echoing in the darkness.

Inuyasha, enraged that HIS Kagome was in the arms of another, and that other being his own evil, crooked and sinister half-brother, felt a desire to kill them. Even Kagome.

Kagome and Shesshoumaru both looked on as he changed.

His eyes turned bloody red as did the streaks on his cheeks. He was going to attack when the owner of the laugh finally stepped out of the shadows.

Kikyo.

The Bitch from Hell.

Kikyo put a small hand on Inuyasha's arm, silently telling him not to attack. At the sight of the one who had half of her soul, Kagome growled and slashed at the air, sending 3 blue marks right at Kikyo.

It hit it's target perfectly and Kikyo lay on the ground, chopped up into little pieces. A green gas covered the body and a pale blue form escaped. Just like when that half of Kagome's soul was taken from her body.

The pale blue form glided over to Kagome and covered her body. She started to change again, her soul now complete.

Her hair grew even longer, all the way past her derrière. And it had turned into a rich dark black. So dark it almost seemed blue. Her eyes were no longer purple but a deep green, without so much as a trace of the earlier blue or purple. Her ears had gone down to where they originally were and turned pointy.

And last of all. . . 2 blue streaks appeared on her pale cheeks and a blue crescent moon with a star in the middle of it's points appeared on her forehead.

She was no longer a hanyou but a full youkai.

Her mate, Shesshoumaru, looked proudly at her. It was he who had trained her from her hanyou stage.

But, at that moment, Inuyasha lunged toward Shesshoumaru, intent on killing him. Tears had blurred his eyes and he didn't see when a form steeped in front of his intended target.

His sharp claws sunk deep into flesh and he pulled them out but it was too late.

Kagome fell to the ground. . .dead.

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"AHHHHH!!!" Kagome screamed and she sat up quickly. She breathed hard for a few minutes.

'A dream. It was a dream. None of that really happened,' she thought, trying to calm down.

She looked beside her to see Shippo and Rin clinging to her tail. No wonder, it was fluffy and warm.

A twig snapped to her left and she turned her head to look for the source. She caught the scent of strawberries and chocolate and snorted. It was only Shesshoumaru. She turned to the pups and gathered them into her arms. She rested her back on the tree an placed the pups on her stomach. They were still wrapped in her tail. She closed her eyes and tried to open her senses. When she did, she caught a very disturbing scent. Her eyes opened wide. She'd almost forgotten about that LITTLE detail. Kagome was supposed to go into heat in a few days.

"Kagome?" a voice asked. Shesshoumaru was right beside her.

"Hmmm?"

"We have to get going now. Inuyasha is close-by and it's not safe her anymore."

"Okay, but how am I going to get up?"

Shesshou squatted and took Rin from Kagome. Shippo sucked on his thumb and clung to Kagome's shirt. Shesshou tugged gently but he wouldn't budge.

"He won't move."

"Don't pull him. He'll wake up."

Shesshoumaru nodded and moved Rin to his tail. Then he scooped Kagome up and gave Rin back to her. She held onto them both while Shesshoumaru ran. Kagome fell sleep in his arms a little while later.

When she next woke up, Shesshou was still running incredibly fast.

"Where are we?" Kagome asked softly. The sun was shining brightly but Shippo and Rin were still asleep on top of her, both her arms around them. Shesshou looked at her for a second before answering.

"Approaching my borders. We'll be at the castle in three days. We'll stop for lunch soon."

"Lunch?!" Kagome exclaimed. Her mind was reeling. It had still been dark when they left the field and now it was lunch?! WAAIII!!!

Shesshoumaru didn't notice her expression and just kept on running. When they reached a clearing he stopped and looked down into her eyes.

"Carry them please while I fix us lunch," he told her. Kagome wrapped her hands around Shippo and Rin's waists, making her tail a sort of scoop to prevent them from falling. Shessoumaru set her down on her feet gently.

She was suddenly aware that his tail was wrapped around her waist. For some reason, Kagome blushed.

Shessou noticed it and thought that she was sick or something. He put the back of his hand [or paw!] on her forehead to check if she was hot, making her turn away from him.

Kagome wrapped her tail around Shippo and got him off her. She walked over to where there was some shade because of the trees and put Rin down. She held Shippo in her arms and nuzzled his cheek. Her cheeks were still a bit red from being so close to Shessoumaru.

Kagome

'Why did I have to blush?! I don't even know why I was blushing,' I thought.

Suddenly, I knew why. . . It hit me like a bolt of lightning.

I was attracted to Shesshoumaru!

Maybe it was because I was going to go into heat in a few days.

Which reminded me.

I needed to get some herbs to stop it from coming. I remembered how Inuyasha used to act when I was in heat. . .

+ * * * F L A S H B A C K * * *

"Inuyasha! What's wrong with you?!" I yelled. My hanyou friend, if I could call him a friend, was up in a tree. . . again. What was weird about it was that it only happened once a month.

"Go away wench!" he yelled at me. I fumed for a minute before retorting.

"Why should I?!"

"Because you're in heat! And if you don't go away RIGHT NOW, I'm giong to make you my mate!!!"

THAT shut me up.

I was in heat? I wasn't a dog! Maybe he meant that I was going to have my period in a few days.

Either way. . .

I got out of there. . . and FAST!

+ * * * E N D F L A S H B A C K * * *

I put my Shippo down beside Rin and looked around. Shesshie disappeared again. I hated it when he did that. . .

'I wonder what's for lunch?' I thought. I knew that Shesshoumaru had probably gone hunting and I wanted to join him.

Where was that darn toad when you needed him?!

I paced for a couple of minutes before sitting down on a rock.

Just then, a sound caught my attention, leaves rustling. I didn't know how to control my nose yet so I couldn't smell anything. I growled a little.

"Come out. I know you're there."

Yeah, sure. . . I knew that there was something there nut didn't know what it was. . .

Out popped Jaken from behind a bush. I groaned inwardly. I didn't like him that much. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I didn't like frogs. . . AT ALL!!!

The toad brushed himself off and glared at me. I glared right back.

My ears perked up as I realised that I could leave Jaken with the kids and go 'get some food'. I stood up and started to walk away.

"Jaken, watch the pups wile I go help Fluffy get lunch."

I don't think he took that too well. . . he was boiling from anger!

"YOU. . . ARE NOT. . . MY. . . MASTER!!!" he screamed.

I smirked and bounded away. I tried sniffing the air but my nose was still closed down so I couldn't smell a thing.

After a few more minutes of wandering around, my senses suddenly opened and I could smell that delicious scent of strawberries and chocolate.

'Wait for me Shesshie. I want some fun too. . .'

I ran towards him and while I did, I noticed a faint smell.

UGH! That awful smell again! Humans probably. Was that what Inuyasha used to smell around me? If it was I don't know how he could stand it.

We were probably near a small village. I really didn't want to go in it but maybe they had the herbs that I'd need. Let's see. . .AH! now I remember the ones. Kaede taught me to make a potion to stop periods from coming.

I stopped when I heard a muffled scream.

'Well, I guess we'll be eating soon. . .'

I didn't want to bother Shesshie or anything but I really, REALLY, wanted to know why he was acting so nice to me. Maybe he just wants to trick us. . .

*You don't care!* my pride yelled.

'Of course she cares!' my emotional side retorted.

UGH! Great! Now I'm talking to myself. As if I wasn't crazy enough already. . .

I just shrugged and decided to go find MY Shesshie baby and question him a teensy bit. . .