InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Wolfen ❯ Chapter One: It begins ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

"Inuyasha! Watch out!" Kagome, the young miko and schoolgirl yelled to the half demon who narrowly dodged a huge bear demon's attack; she scrambled around to find atleast one of her arrows, with her bow clutched in her other hand she tumbled to her knees and grabbed one of her arrows which was not far from where she was and made it to her feet; Cocking the arrow before letting it go.

The arrow engulfed in a pink aura before striking the demon with deadly accuracy, kiling it instantly as Inuyasha heaved his sword onto his back with a huff, "Nice job, Kagome." He said gruffly,chest heaving with lost breaths.

Kagome, a bit ruffled up, beamed at him and tossed her hair, "Thanks Inuyasha." She chirped happily as she went over to where Miroku was bandaging Sango's arm, which had been slashed narrowly by the demon. "You guys okay?" she asked, concerned as she kneeled next to them; Sango nodded, "We're fine Kagome-chan." the demon hunter replied, Miroku nodding next to her.

Inuyasha watched them silently, though turned and glanced out toward the west more; where in the distance,a little to the east, Kouga's pack mountain side resided and he could smell their wolfen scent even from there.His nose twitched in disgust as he turned to look at his companionas impatiently, "Hurry up damnit, we need to move on and find camp."

Kagome shot him a small glare, though turned and helped Sango to her feet and they all gathered their things and moved on; Unfortunately for Inuyasha, toward Kouga's den.

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The gang walked on for about a hour; all quite used to walking for longer time and thus not being tired. Kagome hooked her thumbs in the straps of her backpack and walked in back, glancing around and smiling at the cool air that blowed across her until she felt a sharp pain in her neck and let out a yelp.

Inuyasha jerked around and looked at her in concern, Sango and Miroku pausing and looking back as well as Kagome grasped her neck and let out a shuddering breath,staring Inuyasha in the eyes as she tumbled backwards.The dog demon leaped forward and caught her quickly, "Kagome!" he called, staring down at her unconcious form as her hand fell away from her neck to reveal a green dart in her neck.

Inuyasha's eyes widened sharply as he scented the air, 'Some sort of poison..' he snarled and grasped the girl to his chest as he jerked around to the bewildered Sango and Miroku, "Get Kirara! We need to fucking get to Kaede's now!"

"Whats wrong?!" Sango asked, approaching a step closer in near panic.

"Now!" Inuyasha roared.

Miroku grasped Sango's arm and they both called Kirara to come to them; The fire cat did as she was told and transformed, trotting over to Inuyasha as the dog youkai placed the fallen girl on her back.Miroku sat in front and Sango in back, supporting Kagome's fallen form as they lifted into the air.

"I'll catch up." Inuyasha spat and turned, taking off into the forest as his companions flew off to the air,toward the village nearly a day and a half away.

The dog youkai paced through the forest, scenting the air as he clenched his fists in anger, 'Whoever did this to her will be killed slowly, those bastards!' he thought furiously as he caught a scent, 'Some kind of pixie..' he thought, following the scent but coming to a dead end.

Meanwhile........

Kaede placed a damp rag on Kagome's forehead; The limp girl was panting and sweating madly, writhing and moaning in her unconcious state as the older miko furrowed her brow and mixed a few herbs together in a wooden bowl next to her.Miroku and Sango hovered near by, both concerned.

"Whats going on? Is she ok?" Sango asked.

Kaede sighed and sat back, "I cannot tell, child, the poor girl is in no danger of dying but.." the elder miko paused not sure if her suspicions were correct, "I..do not know completely." she murmured.

Sango stared at Kaede, then directed her gaze to Kagome's sickly form and rose to her feet before running out with Miroku on her heels, "Sango!"

Inuyasha walked past the shoji,feeling heart sticken at Kagome's pale form before falling to his knees by her and watching her in concern, before shooting a glare at Kaede, "Do something you old hag!" he barked.Kaede frowned at him and sighed sadly, pointing to the bucket of cold water and the rag, "There is no more I can do for her, Inuyasha, I must tend to others so please keep her cool." the older woman left.

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome and took her hand in his, feeling how clammy it felt as he patted her neck and forehead with the cold rag, "I'm so sorry I screwed up again." he sighed out, looking down and away.

As Kagome slept her dreams confused and bewildered her while bringing out instincts she never knew she had; Visions of running through the forest, faster than any creature, the wind in her hair and then a ear shattering howl that caused her to jerk awake and into a sitting position on the futon.Inuyasha stared at her in shock as she panted and slumped back into bed, "I-inuyasha." she whispered, looking at him weakly.

The dog demon wiped the sweat from her forehead, "Are you alright, Kagome?"

She sighed tiredly and layed still, "Whats..happening to me?"

Inuyasha frowned at her, "I-i..don't know."

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Later that night; Kagome finally seemed to be getting better, the origin of the poison unknown still but it seemed that she was healing so far.The group exhausted, all settled into sleep including Inuyasha who slepy outside.

It was around 4 in the morning when Kagome jolted awake; A crawling sensation consumed her as she felt a prickling feeling shoot up her lower back.She gasped wordlessly as she fell to her knees,her head began to throb madly with a insane pounding ache and her eyes glazed over with pain filled tears as her eyesight dissapeared completely.

"I-nn..u..yasha.." she whimpered, blindly crawling when another pain in her ears started, her ear drums splitting and then regrowing at a slow pace and bit by bit her hearing improved wildly.New skin protruded from her skull, growing and thinning out to shape canine ears as her human nails shattered and broke off as new claws grew through.

Finally her eyesight snapped back and it had improved amazingly.Her legs strengthened and her figure slimmed down and finally regaining her voice she let out a ear splitting scream, so loud birds in the distance flew out of the trees. She collapsed to her stomach, crying and shuddering while sweating immensely.

Inuyasha was in the hut in a shot; But was surprised at the sight that greeted him.A shaking figure, curled into a tight ball with a fluffed out black tail curled around her figure as well, while black wolf ears twtched on her head.

"K-kagome?"

The girl shot up and embraced him, sending them both to the ground harder than expected as the girl sobbed loudly in his haori, clutching his chest; Her tail quivering.

"It hurt so bad Inuyasha..W-what.." she pulled away, looking down at herself and then at his shocked expression; Miroku and Sango stared at the two from a few feet away.

"Kagome..your..youkai."

Kagome stepped back,her black tail curling around her.She touched it in awe,running her fingers through its silky smooth texture as her ears twitched a bit.

Inuyasha reached out, and tugged on a ear curiously.

Kagome raised her eyebrows, "Ow!" she eeped,smacking his hand away.

Inuyasha glared at her a bit before he noticed new features as the moonlight splashed across her face; He stiffened and touched her cheek cautiously, "Markings.." he murmured, tracing the strange etertwining silver lines on her forehead and then at the strange light brush of silver frost on her cheeks.

She swallowed thickly, shakily touching where his hand had traced before crouching; she dug around in her bag for a mirror and took out a small hand held one and gasped at her reflection.She admitted silently that she looked rather stunning, the markings were very unique and the coloring was lovely..But, who did this?

Sango cleared her throat, taking a step forward to voice Kagome's thoughts, "Who did this, you think?" she curiously touched Kagome's tail.Miroku followed suit,looking at Kagome, "Your eyes..they're lavender, very light."

Kagome had been staring into her own eyes through the mirror as they both voiced different words, she ignored them before lifting her head, "Kaede." she said just as the woman entered, the elder began speaking, "Child, how did ye--..My lord."

Kaede's eyes widened as she approached the young miko and examined her; The others stepped back, still trying to process what happened to their friend and companion.Kaede took a step back, staring at her, "My word, child, ye are now a Wolf Youkai; It must have been the poison." her words were slow and careful.

Kagome, hand on cheek stared in shock at Kaede and her mouth tried to form words but nothing came; she slowly rose to her feet and walked out of the hut, her bushy tail trailing behind as clawed hands clenched at her sides.Inuyasha followed after her quickly, "Kagome, look-.." he began, but the young youkai cut him off, "Inuyasha, what am I going to do?" she whispered.

Inuyasha sighed and grabbed her arm, turning her around, "Damnit, Kagome! You didn't even wait to see if Kaede can fix it or not! This is no big-.." again, he was cut off, "Inuyasha! What if I can't see the shards anymore? What if it destroyed the miko part of me? Then I'll be useless to you again, do you want that? Maybe you can finally get rid of me, eh?"

Inuyasha shut his jaws with a 'click!' as he stared in surpise at her.