InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ True Love ❯ The Shikon Wish ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter 16: The Shikon Wish

After dinner Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku sat on the porch looking at the stars. Shippo had been sent upstairs to bed. Kagome's hand traveled to the jewel around her neck. She pulled it off and handed it to Inuyasha.

"Here, Inuyasha, its time for you to have your wish." She whispered. The other two looked at him as he gently took the jewel.

"What are you going to wish for Inuyasha?" Sango asked.

Inuyasha's only reply was to close his eyes and squeeze the jewel tightly. For several moments nothing happened. Suddenly, the jewel glowed a bright pink. It engulfed Inuyasha. Nothing happened to him. The light traveled to each of them and yet nothing changed. The light shone all around them for a few moments, bathing each in a warm, loving feeling. The light then went out into the entire clearing and through the woods surrounding it. Music filled the air. It was filled with a loving sound. It was like the world was awakening to love and happiness.

When the light and music disappeared Inuyasha opened his eyes. His eyes were dilated and he was panting. The jewel in his hand faded in color and rested there for a second before disappearing.

Kagome reached over to him. "Inuyasha, are you okay?"

He didn't reply. His eyes just rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed. Three cries of "Inuyasha!" echoed in the clearing. Kagome had caught Inuyasha and stood up with him, rushing into the house. She brought him into his room and laid him down.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha lying quietly on the bed. "What's going on? Shouldn't he have changed?"

Miroku looked at the two girls. "I don't think he wished to be a full demon."

The two girls looked at him. "Why wouldn't he? That was his wish all along."

Miroku shook his head. "I don't know. We should ask him when he awakens."

Kagome sat next to Inuyasha on the bed. "Okay, but I'm not leaving him. He's so pale." She whispered.

"We aren't leaving either." Miroku and Sango said together.

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The next morning Kagome awoke a little disoriented. The light shining in the window was so bright and the birds were singing way too loudly in her opinion. A groan from next to her caused her to whip around. She saw Inuyasha lying there and he opened his eyes as she was looking at him.

"Wha… What happened?" He asked hoarsely.

Kagome hugged him as he tried to sit up. "Are you okay? You passed out after making your wish. You didn't change though Inuyasha. Why didn't you? What did…" Kagome stopped and groaned at how loud she had been talking. Two other groans followed hers. Miroku and Sango were lying on the floor. Kagome looked at them closely.

"Oh my god!" she suddenly screamed. Everyone groaned again and grabbed their heads. Once the pain faded for Inuyasha he looked at his friends. His three friends had changed.

"You'll get used to it." He said quietly. "But I suggest until then, no one scream again. Oh and I think you should look in the mirror."

The others stared at him. "What do you mean Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha just waved over to the mirror. The three ran over and looked at themselves closely.

Kagome gasped as she looked in the mirror. She saw that she had dog-ears. Her hair also now had dark blue highlights. "Well, at least I'm not the only one who changed."

Sango and Miroku stared into the mirror. They each had dog-ears too. Sango had reddish highlights and Miroku had violet highlights.

"It'll take some time getting used to all the new things your bodies can do now."

"Wha…" Sango started.

Miroku suddenly straightened. "The wish" he whispered. "Inuyasha, what did you wish for?"

Inuyasha shrugged. "I wished that we would all have the same life span. I don't know why you guys changed like that."

Kagome looked at him. "So you wished that we live as long as you? And now we are hanyous too?"

"I guess." Inuyasha wasn't as calm as he seemed to be. Inside he was frantic. He hadn't meant to change his friends into freaks like him.

Sango looked at herself in the mirror. "What if I didn't want this? What if I want to be human again?" Everyone was shocked to see the hanyou features melt away and Sango once again looked human.

"What happened?" Miroku asked.

Kagome eyes widened. "I want to be human again." She said out loud. And she was. "I want to be hanyou again." Once again she was a hanyou. "Oh my god, we can be whatever one we want!"

The three new hanyous kept changing back and forth for ten minutes before Kagome looked at Inuyasha.

"Wait a second. The light surrounded us all and we are able to change now. What about Inuyasha? He was surrounded too."

"Try changing to human, Inuyasha." Miroku commanded.

"What? No! I don't want to be human." Inuyasha shook his head violently. Kagome walked over to him.

"Please Inuyasha? I want to know." She pleaded. She went all out and used the puppy-dog eyes.

Inuyasha's shoulders slumped. He hated it when she did that. He couldn't say no when she did that. "I want to be human." He muttered.

Everyone gasped when the changes overtook his body. He now looked very human. At this point, Shippo came storming into the room.

"Shut up! I'm trying to…" he exclaimed and then he stared at everyone. Inuyasha was human and the others were hanyous. "Ummm… what's going on here? What happened to everyone?"

Kagome picked him up. "Well, last night Inuyasha used the jewel. He wished that we would all be able to have the same life span. Now we can all change between human and hanyou."

"But I thought Daddy wanted to be a full demon."

Inuyasha looked at Shippo. "Do you think if I say `I want to be full demon' I'll change?" He asked aloud.

The others gasped in shock as his eyes grew red and stripes appeared on his cheeks. They started to back up from him.

"Hey, I was only joking, guys. I don't think…"

"Inuyasha, you're full demon and talking to us! You're not blindly attacking anyone." Kagome whispered.

"Huh?" Inuyasha walked over to the mirror. "I guess the wish gave me what I had wanted. I did still want the power a full demon has, but I didn't want to lose my mind." Suddenly, he whipped around and looked at the others. "Could you guys have wanted this at all?"

"I know I wanted to be more like you." Kagome told him. "You always acted like we were too different and I wanted to change that."

"Admittedly, I wanted the same thing." Sango said. "Sometimes, I felt like Inuyasha thought of all of us humans were pathetic. I don't like to be thought of as weak." Inuyasha blushed slightly because he had called them weak at some point during their travels.

"Me too." Miroku added. "I always felt that I had nothing to contribute but my wind tunnel and now that's gone. It's a good thing but I kept thinking that I wasn't useful anymore and you wouldn't want me to be around."

Inuyasha looked at his friends. "I never really thought of any of you as a burden. I only said that to protect myself in case all of you decided a hanyou shouldn't be your friend."

Everyone feel silent for a few moments. "Do you think that Mama, Auntie and Uncle Miroku can become full demons?"

Kagome was the first the try it out. Once she became a full demon, the other two tried it too. At first they were shocked at the power they could feel running through their veins, but they liked it too. They each changed back into hanyou form though. Inuyasha decided to teach them about the hanyou powers and how to control their heightened senses.

"I like this form better. I don't feel too weak or too powerful." Kagome said as she stretched in Inuyasha's lap. Although they were tired they also felt energized. They now had a very special bond, like no other friends, mates, or demons could have. They were their own little race and very pleased about it.

"I agree." Miroku said from next to Sango. His arm was around her. Sango was amazed that she wasn't feeling angry that he couldn't stop touching her. Actually it was the same feeling she had and she had noticed that Inuyasha and Kagome were the same way.

"Hey, Inuyasha… why is it that none of us can stop touching?"

Inuyasha looked at Sango. "Well, now you guys have demon blood in you and demons always feel better when touching their mates. You can even feel each other without your hands. A demon can feel his or her mate by stretching out their mind."

"But none of us have mated yet." Kagome said with a bright blush.

"Our demon blood recognizes our mates even if we don't. Why do you think I was always so mean to you? My blood knew you to be my mate but I thought for a long time I was just seeing Kikyou in you and that's what my blood saw too." Inuyasha felt Kagome stiffen and start to pull away, so he hurriedly added, "No, Kagome I don't see Kikyou in you. Kikyou never really got any of the reactions from me as you do. With you my body is stronger, my heart purer, and my feelings truer."

Kagome relaxed again. She could feel the truth of his words. She looked around. She had never felt more at home then here. In this house with her friends and soon to be mate, she was happier. She felt bad about her feelings because of her family but she knew that they would understand. If they could understand her coming here time after time to hunt for the jewel, then they would understand why she wanted to live here. She was home.