Okay, I never have luck with fan fics, but I decided to try this one out. See how people liked it. So if you like it, or even if you don't and want to rant at how horrible it is, can you please review? It's a little button at the bottom of the page, I know you've seen it. Anyways on with the story. Oh ya, I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters.
A Twist of Fate
"That's it Inuyasha! I've had it!" Kagome raged at the unfortunate hanyou. "I'm going home!" She turned away from the inu-hanyou heading towards the forest in which the bone eater's well resided.
"Hey! Wait a minute Kagome! You aren't going anywhere yet! You haven't explained why you're mad at me yet!" Inuyasha protested his amber eye's watching the raven haired miko in confusion.
"Osuwari!" Kagome pulled herself out of the silver haired hanyou's grip as he went crashing to the ground. "Osuwari! Osuwari! OSUWARI!" Kagome stormed her hazel eye's gleaming as she watched him plow into the ground. "You wanna know why I'm mad at you! I'm tired of you sneaking around to see Kikyo! If you like her so much then just say so and I'll leave you alone!" Kagome finished, she stormed off into Inuyasha's forest with every intention of returning home.
Hazel eye's scanned the gloom of the forest around her as she slowed her step. Something wasn't right, there was a forbidding feeling to the air. Her steps continued to slow as she neared the ancient well. She couldn't see anything, yet why was she feeling so uneasy? The miko shivered and rubbed her arms more than a little uncomfortable.
Silent and hidden, perched atop a tree branch, Naraku waited. He had found the strange well some time ago, and had long since known its power. After watching it for a time, he realized it was an entrance into this world that the strange priestess used. That information soon proved useful.
He smirked as he fingered the small, wedge-shaped dart beneath the white fur of his pelt, very careful not to prick himself with it. This plan had taken longer than usual to figure out; the timing had to be perfect, or else it would all go wrong. The materials had taken even longer to retrieve; the formula for the poison with which he'd tainted the dart was a very complicated one, and the ingredients not easy to get--he even had another batch set aside, if he ever needed to or chose to use it again. But it was all worth it; should his plan succeed, by the next moon-cycle, the Shikon no Tama would be whole again, and in his possession.
Suddenly, movement--a flash of white in the trees across the clearing in which the well stood. It was her, the young miko that had given him so much trouble, but would soon be under his control. He shifted the dart between thumb and forefinger, preparing to fire, waiting for her to come into range. She looked angry--all the better, for that would give her more incentive to accomplish what he wanted her to do.
She approached, and Naraku's eyes narrowed slightly. Just a little closer...there! The dart flew from his hand, and the spot of blood blossoming from her neck and her collapse onto the side of the well told him he'd hit his mark. The poison flowing her veins would soon give him complete control over her, miko or not. By the time Inu-Yasha and his comrades found her, she would be too far gone to save. With a dark chuckle, Naraku faded into the shadows, and returned to his lair to wait.
Kagome raised her hand to her neck when she felt a slight sting. "What?" Her vision began to blur as the toxin in the dart began to seep into her blood. Trembling fingers plucked the dart from her neck before she passed out.
"Damn that woman!" Inuyasha cursed as he pulled himself out of his self made crater. "If she thinks I'm coming to get her this time she can…." Inuyasha paused and sniffed the air again. Yes it was there, the faint scent of Kagome's blood.
"Inuyasha?" The young tajiya questioned her friend. "You were about to rant about not getting Kagome again." Sango looked over at the distracted hanyou. "Earth to Inuyasha?"
"What… I gotta go Sango! Be back in a jif." Inuyasha took of into the forest only the red blur of his haori showing his movement. As he neared the bone eater's well the scent of Kagome's blood got stronger. What had happened? He hurried his pace almost flying from tree to tree. He saw the young miko collapsed across the edge of the well. He dropped down next to her, she was unconscious clutching something in her hand. He examined her quickly before gingerly picking her up. "Kagome?" He asked softly. The girl in his arms showed no signs of response. He held her close and rushed back to the village. "Hey old hag! Come here quick!"
Kaede, the village priestess walked out of the wooden hut at Inuyasha's call. "What is troubling ye Inuyasha?" Kaede regarded the hanyou in trepidation until she saw the unconscious girl in his arms. "What ails Kagome Inuyasha?"
"How am I supposed to know?" The concerned hanyou asked irritably. "That's why I came to you!"
The brown haired tajiya exited the hut and looked around in apprehension. "Inuyasha? What's happened?" She saw Kagome resting in Inuyasha's arms. "Did you fetch her back already?" On closer inspection Sango saw the girl was unconscious and in obvious pain. "Bring her inside Inuyasha!" Sango said quickly. The hanyou grunted a response and carefully carried Kagome inside laying her down on a bed of hay.
"Lady Sango? What's upset you?" Miroku peered around the corner of the hut a vivid red hand mark on the side of his face.
"It's Kagome Miroku, something happened in the forest, she doesn't look so good." The perverted monk nodded all the lecherous thoughts disappearing from his mind.
"Is Lady Kaede taking care of her?" Miroku pushed aside the door of the hut and stepped inside walking over the unconscious miko. "What's this?" Miroku knelt down next to Kagome and pried her fingers apart. A small dart fell onto the floor. Miroku recoiled. "It's been poisoned, Inuyasha do you recognize the scent?"
"Ya," A dangerous glint entered Inuyasha's eyes. "That's Naraku's scent, no doubt about it." Inuyasha growled. The bastard! What's he done to Kagome?
"I know not what type of poison this is Inuayasha." The ancient miko Kaede stood up from inspecting Kagome. "I no not how to combat it."
The raven haired miko lay on a bed of hay in Kaede's hut. Beads of sweat formed on her brow as she attempted to battle the poison within her. Shivers racked her body although her temperature had long ago shot through the roof. What's happening to me? Fevered thoughts entered her head. I...I can't move, why can't I open my eyes? Inuyasha? Are you there? I'm sorry! The toxin coursed through the unfortunate girls veins, altering her make up, and turning her into a yukai.
His eyes burned with fury as they examined the form of Kagome on the cot. He could smell her pain. Damn you, Naraku. Damn you to the seventh layer of hell.
"How is she, Kaede?" The half dog demon turned, to see that the old woman was absent from the room now. Cursing under his breath, he knelt down by the priestess from the future.
The ancient priestess re-entered the hut. She knelt on the other side of the girl. "I can do nothing for her Inuyasha. I know not what it is that ails her." She rung a cloth out of the bucket she had just fetched in and placed it on the girls brow. "All I am able to do is try to cure her of the fever."
Kagome shuddered again, then she vaguely sensed a familiar presence by her side. Inuaysha.. She thought hazily. Unknown to her the toxin was taking route in her blood, the scent of yukai would now be there for anyone to notice. Her finger nails lengthened and sharpened into claws, yet something was holding off a complete transformation. A small pink light shone in the void she was caught in. The sacred light of the Shikon no Tama.
Shippou trailed behind Kaede, looking mournfully at Kagome. After all, she was like a mother to him and whatever her sickness was, it might kill her or worse...though he didn't know what would be worse.
Suddenly, the young fox youkai's train of thought was broken as he smelled a scent of a youkai...though he couldn't tell where it came from. It definately wasn't Inuyasha 'cause he was a hanyou, not a youkai. And it couldn't be coming from Kagome or Kaede...but, to his surprise and shock, the orange-haired boy realized that it did come from the futuristic priestess. A look of confusion and befuddlement crossed over his face for a while.
Inuyasha began to growl. "Isn't it obvious, you old hag! Someone's trying to turn her into a youkai! She'll be lucky if she survives- with her miko power, she just might accidentally purify herself!"
He grabbed onto her wrist, holding on so tightly that the hanyou nearly broke the skin with his claws. "Hang on, Kagome..." Inuyasha murmured, so quietly that other humans could scarcely hear him.
I'll kill him. If it's the last thing I do, I'll rip Naraku apart with my own claws, and enjoy it! First Kikyo and me, now Kagome- he's gone too damn far this time, the bastard!
Kagome grimaced a little as Inuyasha gripped her wrist. "Inu...yasha." She whispered barely audible. Two black, dog like ears appeared on her head. The light of the jewel diminished. The raven haired, now hanyou opened amber eyes. She saw a slight blur that was Inuyasha and another that was Shippo by the door. "Inuyasha?" Her eye's closed again, all her energy was drained.
A young woman dressed in a Demon Slayer's battlesuit looked sadly at her ill friend. Her hands were placed on her lap as if praying for Kagome's safety.
Her fever seems to be getting worse..And Kaede doesn't know a cure. Naraku's definately gone too far this time..
She gritted her teeth for a moment, but was then reminded of Kagome's condition. She watched in awe and suspense as Kagome sat up in the cot. Kagome had a different look in her eye, and then Sango saw something coming up from her hair. It was black and fluffy, almost like Inuyasha's..
"Ears? Claws!" She gasped, moving closer to Inuyasha and Shippou. So that's what it was. A transmogrification potion. Naraku knows that a miko such as Kagome would have a difficult time dealing with the poison.
She placed her hand on Kagome's and looked down at her friend whom she hoped would be alright. "Hang in there, Kagome." she whispered.