InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nigatsu no Hoshi (Stars of February) ❯ One Destiny Ended, a New One Realized ( Chapter 9 )

Disclaimer: I'm tired of trying to say something original up here, so I'll put it plain and simple from now on: I DON'T OWN INUYASHA…just rub it in why don't `cha?

Suteki: I'm sorry for the cliff hanger, and I'm sorry to keep you waiting for the next chapter, but here it is, finally.

Shizuka: this is the part of the story I've been waiting for her to write

Suteki: yep, this is the single idea that made me write the story, where it goes from here, I'm not sure. But it will continue!

Chapter 8: One Destiny Ended, a New One Realized

The scene seemed to play in slow motion in Inuyasha's mind, his heart stopping. Kagome fell slowly to the ground, her body dripping in blood. He rushed to her before her head would hit the ground, and looked her over. It was bad, she had a gaping hole through her chest, and she had no chance what-so-ever of surviving, she had already lost too much blood.

Kagome had her eyes closed in pain, and her breathing sounded painful and full of fluid. She opened her eyes to stare into Inuyasha's fear-stricken ones. "Kagome! No! Please, you cant die, please don't!"

"Inuyasha…its alright…I fulfilled my destiny…I have purified the jewel, and it is safe again…I only have one more thing to make it complete…"

"Kagome, no…don't talk like that, don't give up! You cant leave me!" his eyes were beginning to sting with tears, and he had to fight to keep them back. `No! I cant lose her! Not now, not after everything…I never even got a chance to tell her that…I loved her…no! Its all my fault, I should have sensed it before it hit her!…'

"Inuyasha…I will not leave you, without giving you something in return…"

"In return for what? What could you possibly give me? Have hope, that's all I ask, you must live!"

"Inuyasha, you must accept this, in order for my destiny to be fulfilled." `my destiny didn't consist of only protecting the shikon jewel…I realize now, that I was sent here to make him happy again. To fix what was done to his life, to give some sort of consolation for his suffering…I can still do both.'

She moved her hand to rest on his, and she laced in between his fingers, and laid her palm against the shikon no tama, while he held it in his own palm as well. He looked down at it questioningly.

"I want you to use the jewel to become a full youkai…that is my gift to you. For all the times you were there for me, the least I can do is fulfill your wish." She smiled weakly, and then winced and screeched as a wave of pain rushed over her, and she became dizzy. "Please, inuyasha…I want you to be happy, I love you."

"Kagome…" he was cut short as the jewel began to glow again, and he panicked, knowing that she was going to carry out the wish. He looked down at her face, that was still smiling at him, her eyes overflowing with silent tears. "goodbye…inuyasha…" she sighed, and closed her eyes…and with that, she was gone.

Her last thought was this, `Please grant me this wish. I wish, that this inu hanyou, were to be transformed into a full inu youkai, capable of controlling himself…and for him to be forever happy and to find a true love'. Then the jewel started to react with more power.

"NO! KAGOME! You cant leave me! I…I love you!" and he lowered himself to her face as his own tears now dripped onto her lifeless cheeks, and kissed her like he had wanted to for so long, `YOU MUST LIVE KAGOME! I WONT LET YOU DIE LIKE THIS!!!'

Then the jewel reached its peak in power, and the light surrounded the two of them. Inuyasha felt a rush of energy flow through his body. The power had such a familiar feeling to it…'kagome!' and that was the last thought that went through his head before he passed out from the fluxuations of power that he felt in his body.

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A few moments later, the light dimmed, and the two bodies remained motionless on the ground. one of them began to stir, and looked at the other in confusion.

"inu…inuyasha?" kagome asked in utter confusion. `was it a dream? I thought I was dying, the pain…I don't feel any pain anymore.' She looked down at herself where the wound had been, and she was covered in blood. Her clothing was ripped where she had been injured, but there was no longer any signs of a former wound.

Inuyasha began to stir, but was afraid to open his eyes. He knew that she was gone now, and there was no longer any reason for him to live. He wanted to lay there with his eyes closed until kagome came back to take him with her in death. That is, until he heard something very unsettling. "inuyasha? What's going on?" he heard fear and confusion in her voice.

Inuyasha's head immediately jolted up. He stared at kagome in disbelief, mouth gaping open. He embraced her with all his might, as if he were to let go, she would disappear again; either that or he would wake up. "kagome…you're…you're alive? But how??"

Kagome hugged him back with just as much strength, it actually hurt inuyasha a bit, but he didn't care at the moment. All he knew was that he was holding kagome again, and she wasn't dying anymore. "I don't know inuyasha, all I remember was making the wish on the jewel for you to become youkai…and then it was all dark."

He pulled her away reluctantly, and stared into her eyes. `her eyes…something's different about them…they're a light purple now, like when she uses her powers; and is that, silver in them?' He then looked more attentively than before. His eyes went wide again, and kagome began to feel uncomfortable under his gaze, and almost scared. "What-what is it inuyasha? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Kagome…you've changed…". It was true, she had changed drastically. Her hair was now a dark metallic chrome, it looked silver, but black at the same time. Her ears were slightly pointed, he could see the tips of fangs protruding from between her lips…and she had face markings, that reminded him of someone. `Sesshoumaru?' they were almost identical to his brothers, a light purple, almost pink. He reached up and brushed away her bangs, and sure enough, he found what he was looking for, the marking of a crescent moon. But hers was slightly different, there was what looked like an arrow piercing the moon.

She reached up to cup his face in her hand to get him to stop looking at her so strangely, and inuyasha winced in pain. Kagome looked at her hand, and she had cut him some how. She pulled her hand away slowly, still staring at her fingers. `claws! Where the hell did these come from?! Oh Kami, what happened to me?'

"Inuyasha, I'm scared, what's going on?" she questioned him, tears falling from her eyes. Inuyasha just stared into her eyes now, `they're even more beautiful than before…' "Inuyasha!"

"Nani? Gomen…I don't know kagome…but from your appearance, and your altered scent…id say that you've become an inu youkai somehow…"

"a what!? How can that be! Wait…inuyasha…what did you do, after I…died?"

He blushed a little at the thought of kissing her came to mind, "well, I…I did…uh…" he didn't get a chance to finish thinking of what to say. "Did you make another wish?" she asked narrowing one of her eyes at him, and raising her eyebrow.

"I may have, but I thought the jewel only granted one?" Kagome sat, still shaking slightly, in deep thought. "That is true…but…if another wish is made at the same time, with great will, and ones energy is used, than the other can be overridden."

"I willed you to live, that's all. I never willed for you to become that!" he grabbed her hand and indicated the claw that was tainted in his blood. "Suppose…that we both shared equal emotion…than the two could have both been formed into one. Your will for me to live, merged with the wish for you to become youkai. The jewel saw the wish I made, as a solution to the one you made. Thus, we have this outcome."

Inuyasha was still with shock. He reached for her again, and flushed her body against his. "I'm so sorry kagome, I didn't mean for this to happen to you. I'm so sorry. I'll understand it if you hated me for this." He said softly. Kagome started crying again, she didn't know what to do. She could almost feel the guilt in Inuyasha's voice. `is it really that horrible? Do I look like a monster now? How am I going to live like this? Will the others be afraid of me?'

Inuyasha was petting the back of her head, a couple of tears falling from his eyes. `She's still here though, she's alive, and that's all that matters, right? No, inuyasha you baka. You ruined her life now, she never wanted to become one of your kind.' They stayed like that for a long time, both lost in their own thoughts. Inuyasha was scolding himself for letting this happen to kagome, and kagome still trying to get it to all make sense in her head.

Soon enough though, she had stressed herself to sleep on Inuyasha's shoulder. He picked her up, still with a disheartened look on his features. He carried her over to where Kirara was laying with Sango, Miroku, and a passed out shippou. He motioned for the neko to follow with the others. It eyed the creature on his shoulder wearily, but them proceeded to pick up the three companions, and place them on her back. Inuyasha sped off, kagome in hand and Kirara at tail. Whatever he was going to do, he'd have to decide when they got back.

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After traveling the rest of the day nonstop, they reached their home late that night.

Inside the hut, Sango, Miroku, and kagome were all laid out on mats on the floor with a blanket over them. Kirara was huddled next to her owner in her small form, and shippou was curled up next to her. The small kit never fully woke up, so didn't notice the difference in his adopted mother, which inuyasha was thankful for. He didn't want to have to deal with the child's grief right now, he was still getting over his own. He was still covered in blood from his wounds, which he hadn't bothered to bandage at all. He was knelt beside kagome, holding one of her hands in his, and using the other to brush her check repetitively. She was really very beautiful, of course she was always beautiful, but now she looked like a goddess, she seemed to be glowing. `Kagome, what will we do?' as if she had heard his thoughts, she began to stir. He watched as she slowly flickered open her eyelids, to meet his eyes.

He tried to smile down at her, although it didn't work when he saw the look in her eyes. She stared at him emotionless, then looked down at her hand again to confirm the nightmares she had been having. Sure enough, claws adorned the ends of each of her finger tips; and as her sleeve fell down her arm, she noticed for the first time light purple streaks wrapping around her lower arms to her wrists. Her face remained indifferent, but inuyasha frowned, knowing how she must have felt just then. "Inuyasha?" she said, still staring down at her hands. "yes, kagome?" he said, almost scared of what she was going to say next. "Inuyasha. Why is it that I sense that you're scared of me? I know you are, is it because of what I've become?"

Inuyasha caught his breath in his throat; `she can already recognize strong emotions through her new sense of smell.' "I'm only frightened of what you think of me now, because of what I made you. There's no reason for me to fear what you are though. I wish you could see how you look actually; you're even more beautiful than you were before. Not that you weren't pretty then, I mean!" he started to panic, not wanting to upset her. Kagome smiled, "truly inuyasha? You think I'm beautiful?" inuyasha blushed, and she giggled.

Kagome sat up, and looked over inuyasha, she hadn't noticed until now that he was still soaked with blood. She opened his haori, and gasped when she saw that his wounds were still opened and exposed. His body had already started healing them, but they were still pretty bad, the bleeding hadn't even stopped yet.

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Kagome proceeded to dress Inuyasha's wounds, and then moved on to Sango and Miroku, and fixed what she could without waking them. Now she was outside, staring up at the stars, just thinking. She had told inuyasha that she wanted to be alone for a while, but could sense that he was in a nearby tree, still watching her. She had noticed that she could now sense many things that she never noticed before. She smelt all kinds of things, like the forming dew on the grass, the water, and every animal that was around her. She could hear just about everything around her, which was a little unsettling, she felt cramped. `This is what inuyasha goes through all the time? No wonder he's always so tense' she thought to herself. As she continued to stare up at the starry sky, she smiled. `Maybe this wont be so bad! Inuyasha already said that I was beautiful this way, so I know that I'm not scary looking at least. And now I'm even stronger than before, at least I think I am, I haven't really tried anything to test my new powers…' she spotted a shooting star, and then sat up more, `oh! I have to think of a wish…I wish that I can live happily like this, like nothing really happened,' and she smiled to herself again.

"Inuyasha. I know you're watching me. You can come out now, I wont bite." She giggled, running her tongue over her new canines. Inuyasha grunted, and leapt out of the tree to stand next to her. "kagome I-" he was cut short when kagome stood up infront of him, and put her finger to his lips, "shhh. Inuyasha, don't worry about it, I'm fine." Inuyasha blinked in confusion, "you're, you're not mad? You're not unhappy with what's happened?" kagome just smiled, "no inuyasha. I understand why this happened, and I'm happy it did. You saved my life inuyasha, how could I ever be mad at you for that?"

Inuyasha smiled, then grabbed her around the waist, and pulled her close to him. "Kagome, I'm so glad that you're not upset. You have no idea how happy I am that you're still alive…don't ever do that to me again." Kagome nuzzled her head in the crook of Inuyasha's neck and shoulder, hands between her chest and Inuyasha's. She clutched his coat, and smiled to herself. She pulled away to look into his eye; she was happy to see that they looked happy now, instead of distressed. `Maybe I can still fulfill the rest of my destiny after all.' "arigatou, inuyasha." Before he could reply, kagome leaned forward, and pressed her lips against his, in a gentle kiss. Inuyasha's eyes were wide only for a moment, then he leaned into her, and kissed her back, releasing all his anxiety and stress into it. He felt as if she was draining the worry from him, and replacing it with hope.

All too soon, kagome pulled away, looking into his eyes again, which were a tad bit happier than before, she smiled inwardly and outwardly as well. She began to open her mouth to say something, but inuyasha quickly covered her lips with his finger. "No kagome, I want to say it first. Before any more interruptions…" kagome looked up at him, a quizzical look on her face. He moved his hand to cup the side of her face, "I love you…kagome." She stared at him, mouth open and eyes wide. She quickly changed it into a smile, and her eyes welled up. "oh, inuyasha!" she threw herself at him, and kissed him again. As her eyes squinted tight, a single happy tear rolled down the side of her cheek. `I love you too, inuyasha'…

Suteki: auuhhhhh, how cute! So! What you think about Kagome's transformation?! Sorry its so short though. PLEASE REVIEW! All of your reviews so far have made me sooo happy! DOMO ARIGATOU!

Shizuka: bet you guys didn't see that one coming aye?

Suteki: don't worry, this isn't the climax either

Shizuka opens fortune cookie she got at P. F. Changs…

Suteki: aye, what that say?

Shizuka: `more surprises await you in your near future'…cool!

Kouga runs in to the room and over to Shizuka and kisses her

Kouga: you're my new woman. Surprise!

He runs off again

SILENCE

Suteki: NEXT CHAPTER: the group finds out about kagome, kagome realizes something very depressing…and that's all I can tell you right now. You'll just have to wait and see! lol