InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Friendship First ❯ An Unexpected Change ( Chapter 7 )

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7: An Unexpected Change
all stared down at Kagome's prone from. She was laid on her left side her back to them exposing the bloody ruined waste of her skin and clothing. Five long deep bloody gashes and one jagged rip marked her back. Her long curtain of inky blue black hair shielded her face from veiw as her arms were wrapped protectively around her middle. The silence continued a moment longer until Sesshomaru in a flurry of movement swept down into the thick puddle of her spilled blood to cradle her body protectively in his arms. As soon as her head touched his chest near his heart she gave a great shuddering inhalation and fisted her hands into his hoari tucking her face close to her clenched fists and her knees into his side as a spasm of pain passed over her due to her rapid healing.
gave a soft sigh of relief as he cradled Kagome to him. The soft weight of her in his arms was a comfort to him. He tightened his hold on her body as she spasmed in sudden pain and a sharp prick entered his chest where she clenched his hoari. He looked down to her clenched fists as the smell of his own blood and some foreign but exotic fragrance began to fill his sensitive olfactory glands. He could see his own blood seeping from his hoari onto Kagome's clenched fists. The sight of this surprised him as he knew that he had not been touched on this battlefield. His mind was still processing this thought as the fragrance he had smelled a moment before became stronger to his senses. At the same time he felt a change in the shape and aura of the body in his arms. He was just beginning to shift Kagome in his arms to try to access this change when he felt Inuyasha approaching him from behind. Quickly gathering Kagome closer to his chest he spun around and crouched low to the ground. His eyes, which had been turning back to their natural golden amber color, glowing a scarlet red as a low threatening growl escaped his throat. Inuyasha tried to take another step forward but Sesshomaru's growls became more deep and resonating as soon as his foot left the ground.
the eyes of the others were all on the western lords scarlet gaze no one noticed the body in his arms start to move. Kagome slowly came back to awareness as a low rumbling growl caressed her cheek. Her eyes remained closed as her mind began to clear the fog that seemed to be filling it. The first clear thought to cross her mind was the fact that she should be dead. She could still feel Naraku's tentacle and the tiger youkai's claws entering her flesh." Why was she not dead." she thought. Then she remembered the choice that Midiriko had given her. The decision had not been as hard as she thought. She felt a sense of duty to the shikon. There was no way that she could let Naraku get his evil hands on the completed jewel and hurt more people as he had her friends. Surprisingly though this was not the main reason for her decision. Oh it was the first thought to cross her mind but then she pictured Sesshomaru as she had seen him at that last moment. His eyes had met hers and she had seen something that she could not explain. She knew now that she was falling in love with him but did he feel the same for her. Of that she could not be sure. However no matter what she knew that she wanted to live. To be able to be near him and give him all the love that he had lacked. Maybe she could melt his icy heart.
now she supposed that she was a youkai. She wondered what kind. Her eyes still refused to open so she decided to open her new senses. The first thing that she did was to listen to the noises around her. The low growl was still sounding in her ears coming from the person who had her cradled to their chest. It was impossible to pinpoint who this was. She knew that it was a male due to the deep rumble in the sound. However she could not place who it could be. It did sound very threatening. Was this person trying to protect her from some form of danger? She stretched her hearing further. Immediately the thrum of a heartbeat reached her ears from the male holding her. For some reason the sound was very soothing. If she had the time she could listen to it all day. Oh well listening a little harder she could hear the sounds of five other heartbeats behind her. Followed by Shippou's quiet crying. Why would her kit be crying? Her skills with her hearing exhausted she then took a small inhale through her nose. Immediately she could smell sandlewood and Roses!? This was followed closely by the smell of flowers and sunshine although this smell was fainter on the one holding her. All the other smells coming to her were too mingled with the blood smell to be of much use to her. At least she knew that her friends were alive. She still did not know who was holding her. She thought that it might be Sesshomaru but why would he be growling at her friends.
thoughts ran through her mind as she took stock of her body. The changes were very obvious. She could feel the way her muscle tone had changed. They all felt tight and ready to spring as soon as she was ready. Her tummy felt tighter and her breasts larger. A quick swipe of her tongue over her teeth confirmed that she now had fangs. She supposed that her ears were now pointed too. Just as suddenly as she thought this she felt a twitch coming from her tailbone. "What the hell" she thought and that was when she realized that she now had a tail. "Oh god what will momma say when she sees this."Kagome said in her mind. Her brain was going a mile a minute processing all the ramifications of her new change when she noticed one last thing. Since she had all of these other demon attributes well then she must have claws. As quickly as she realized this she became aware of the fact that they were buried through a silky material and into flesh! That was when this demons blood smell hit her. The sweet smell flooded her nostrils coating so strongly that she could almost taste it on her tongue. For one second she wanted to just leave her eyes closed and lean in to lick the sweet smelling ambrosia from this males chest but then her conscience kicked in. Her eyes popped open to take in the sight of her claws buried into a bloody silk hoari. She lifted her eyes to see who held her. Upon seeing who it was she gave a muffled gasp as her claws retracted and her tail wrapped around Sesshomaru's waist.