A new fan-fiction; and best of all, it's for a completely different Anime genre. Honestly, I still have a few Naruto ones to do but… it's nice to get out of that Anime, you know. Broaden my readers and whatnot. Anyways, this is my first Inuyasha fan-fiction all about my favorite couple… Kagome and Kouga! To be honest, I like that couple a lot because… I don't really know why, but I just do. I think Kouga is one of the cutest! ^^ Any who, I really hope you all enjoy this and, if it works out, I will do another one.
Disclaimer: I do not own the original Inuyasha characters. I only own the plot and my own characters.
Summary
It was her secret dream; and she never once imagined that it'd come true. "Alright Human—I'll grant your wish." Kagome looked at the demonic female with confusion on her face. "My… wish…?" the female nodded her head. "I'll make you a demon."
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The Demonic Flower
Chapter 1—Missing Kagome
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The demon glaring at her had stunning purple eyes, creamy-white skin and snow-white hair. Her hair was tied up into a bun, using a beautiful black ribbon, on her head, and through the parts that covered the side of her face, poked out two pointed ears. From behind her, a tail as white as her hair moved back and forth swiftly. She was wearing a kimono that was all white, with black trimming. A weird insignia was printed on her upper left breast. Her feet were bare and there were symbols wrapping around them.
She had long claws that were the perfectly pure white color of her hair and tail. She had a necklace around her neck that seemed like a large crystal attached to a simple white string. It was perfectly circular, and she would mistake it for the Shikon no Tama if it weren't for the fact that the jewel around her neck was much bigger.
"Who are you?" she asked. She held two blades in her hand as she pointed one at Kagome, while the other remained at her side. Her purple eyes were narrowed into a fierce glare as she demanded just who had the nerve to come into her territory.
Kagome stood frozen as she watched the crystal blade glisten under the light of the moon. The blade was sharp and beautiful—swirly designs carved into the crystal; just like on her feet. Its silver handle reflected the lighting and made it land on the demonic girl; giving her a beautiful ghostly glow.
While she was looking at the one pointed at her, Kagome also made sure to keep an eye on its twin. She knew that any second now, that demon could easily throw the sword and she and Shippou would be dead.
"Kagome," Shippou said as he began to whisper in her ear. "I'm scared." The little kitsune stated. He momentarily looked at the female demon as she turned the blade pointed at them to the side. The clear crystal blade shined and he gulped as he took note of just how sharp it was.
"I know Shippou," Kagome said. "But don't worry… I won't let anything happen to us." She said softly.
The female's ears twitched. This caused her to give a sly grin. "Oh really~," she stretched out the word. "And tell me, human, how exactly do you plan to protect that Fox Demon and yourself? You're human—weak."
Kagome felt some fury build up in her. She wasn't all that weak okay. She was a miko dammit! And since she's first arrived at the Funeral Era, she's gotten much, much better at using her powers of purification. And not just for the jewels as well.
She's been working on healing with Kaede. So far, she's doing pretty good. She can heal a few injuries, but they have to be small. But she's getting better. Each day, she keeps practicing. And Sango often lets her heal the minor wounds that she gets.
Knowing this, Kagome reached behind her and grabbed her bow and an arrow. She then pointed the tip at the female. "I'm not weak." Kagome said with a determined face.
The demoness scoffed; what did she think she was doing? "Stupid human." She thought. "Oh please. That little demon's stronger than—" the female quickly moved away as Kagome fired her arrow at her.
A flash of white light quickly went past the female and slightly ripped the fabric of her kimono at the side. The demon landed a few feet away and looked at the tiny scratch. Her eyes wide, she then looked up at Kagome who placed a smug look on her face.
"Weak, am I?" Kagome said.
"You… you're a miko."
"You bet I am," Kagome said. She set up another shot and she saw the female's eyes harden. "And if you don't leave us alone, this day will be your last." She was so confident she was so, so sure of the fact that she would easily take care of this girl.
The demon scoffed.
"Miko, or not," she said. "You're still trespassing on my lands. I want you out or I'll—"
Another arrow flew, this one stronger than the last, and Kagome had perfectly aimed it for the girl's abdomen. But her own eyes soon widened at what she saw.
The girl grit her teeth as she tried to keep the arrow back. She had her swords placed over where the arrow was about to hit and was currently holding it off. The arrow kept going and was pushing her back in the dirt—her skin soon separating to let blood out.
"H… how is she doing that?" Kagome thought. This girl was a demon. She used demonic energy. There was no way that a demon weapon could be able to hold back something as pure as her miko energy. It… it just didn't make sense.
"K-Kagome…" Shippou said. "How… how is she able to do that?" Kagome stayed silent and watched in awe as the arrow finally burned out and the girl began to pant heavily.
She pulled strands of her white hair behind her ear and then looked up at her with furious purple eyes. Barring her teeth and showing off her perfectly white fangs, the girl advanced towards her, swords at the side, and not a single mark from the arrow, left on them.
"You little wench..." She said. "How dare you try to kill me!" She exclaimed.
Kagome began to take steps back as the demon got closer and closer. And as this happened, she realized that there was no overwhelming demonic energy coming from her. In fact… her energy was almost… pure.
"A-are you… a half-demon?" Kagome grew the nerve to ask. The girl smirked.
"Not even close."
"Then… how… how were you able to deflect my arrow so easily?" her brown eyes grew hard as she said this. She needed to know. She needed to know how a demon—a pure demon—could possibly shield themselves from one of her arrows. And that was another thing, her energy was growing and getting better. Her arrows were their strongest at the moment and could take down some of the toughest demons. And yet… this girl was still alive.
"What's wrong Miko," the girl said. "Are you suddenly afraid of me? What happened to this strong energy that you people are supposed to have?" she mocked.
"Stay back," Kagome said. She got another arrow ready, and this time, made sure to aim it for where she believed would be the girl's heart.
"Or what?" she deflected the arrow with a flick of her wrist. Kagome ducked her head as it went over her and the trees behind her burned down as it went in a straight direction. "You'll shoot?"
"She's strong… impossibly strong…"
"You bet your ass I am."
"Where the hell is she?" Inuyasha complained. He had a frown on his face as he began to do the usual whenever Kagome was gone from camp too long. Complain.
"Calm down Inuyasha," Miroku said. "I'm sure that she's just looking around for something to eat or something."
"Why the hell would she need to do that? There's already enough food in that stupid giant bag of hers. Why would she need to go scavenging in the woods for food?" he said. He didn't like it when Kagome was gone. Because when she was gone, things tended to happen.
In fact, once, while she was gone, they had run into a giant demon. Of course, they destroyed it and were surprised to find a jewel shard inside. Sadly, they couldn't get the shard because it was far too tainted. And just when Kagome was returning, one of Naraku's bugs flew to the shard, picked it up and flew away.
Needless to say that Kagome got quite an earful from him after that. And he also got a few sittings too.
"Inuyasha, relax, Kagome will be back in a while," Sango said. She continued to brush Kirara's fur and the little demon cat purred in delight. "Besides, if anything happened, Kagome would be able to take care of it easily. She's gotten stronger you know." The slayer told.
Inuyasha groaned.
"Pfft. She's still too weak like every other human."
"What?" Sango said. She began to glare at Inuyasha a little. Maybe she hadn't heard him right.
Inuyasha scoffed. "Forget it. I don't believe any of you people. I know for a fact that something's happened and that Kagome and Shippou are in some deep shit right now." he said. He hopped down from his tree and then began to walk in the direction that Kagome had disappeared a couple minutes ago.
"I'm going after her and dragging her ass back here."
"Honestly Inuyasha," Sango said. "Can't you give Kagome a little space for once? I mean, she's fine. And besides, if she did somehow get into trouble, we'd know because—"
Inuyasha was forced to jump to the side as an arrow came at him. The hot intensity of the purified aura surrounded it grazed his hakama a little. He got up off the ground and watched as the arrow struck the tree near Kagome's pack.
"I told you she was in trouble."
"Come with me, Miko." The demoness said. Kagome looked up at the white-haired female with wide eyes.
"W-wha… why?" Kagome asked.
"I don't need to explain myself to you," the demon said. "Just come with me… or die." Kagome flinched at how casual the demon had said this.
"Of course she said it like that. She probably says this over two times a day. This is what she does!"
"Miko!" the girl yelled. This stunned Kagome and she fell back. Shippou let out a yelp as Kagome's heavy body weight was slammed down on him.
Soon, Kagome realized why her landing was a little softer than usual and she quickly moved up a little. She grabbed Shippou and held him to her chest. "Shippou, are you alright?" she asked with worry in her eyes.
"I'm fine Kagome…" Shippou said weakly. To be honest, some of the oxygen he had in his lungs was knocked out of him when Kagome fell on top. But after a few minutes or so, he'll be back to normal.
"Don't worry," she whispered. "I'll heal you as soon as we get out of this."
"If you ever do."
Kagome changed her brown-eyed gaze back to the female. She was still standing as usual, but now seemed to have a look of pure annoyance on her face. She was twisting one of her silver swords in her hand with little interest.
"Which you won't; so stop lying to the little thing. You know, lying isn't exactly a good thing." she said.
"Why would you care?" Kagome asked as her eyes grew hard. "You're a demon. A full demon. Lying is probably one of the things you do best; am I right?" she raised an eyebrow, suddenly feeling a little bolder.
The female scoffed. "Look. I may be a demon, but I don't lie. I'm not afraid to tell the truth unlike you humans." She shot back.
Kagome and the girl continued to glare at each other, until the girl finally let out a sigh of frustration and moved one of her swords forward so it was positioned directly under Kagome's neck. Kagome craned her neck a little to keep the sharp edge from digging into her pale skin.
"I've had enough of this little chit-chat," the demoness said. "You are coming with me Miko."
"No I'm—" Kagome froze when she felt the blade dig into her neck a little. She saw Shippou's eyes widen and could see the tiniest hint of her blood trickling down her neck, in his eyes. She could feel it too.
"Don't test my patience Miko," she said dangerously. "I've already dragged this out long enough. You've had your little moments of bravery. Now give in already and come with me peacefully. Or, if you want, I can knock you out unconscious with one kick and drag you there."
Kagome kept her body still and her eyes wide. She couldn't believe that this was happening. She felt the blade dig in deeper and deeper. Her skin cells split and caused some more pain to shoot through. But she refused to scream.
Instead, she decided to just keep up the courage she apparently had. She knew for a fact that, eventually, Inuyasha would come and help both her and Shippou out.
Maybe the tessaiga could defeat the powerful female demon? She sure hoped so. Because if neither her arrows, nor tessaiga could defeat this female, then that made this girl one of the most powerful demons alive. She was sure that that's what would happen.
"I can do this…" deeper. "I can hold on…" deeper. "I can wait… I can… I can… I can…" blood began to spill into her throat.
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"I can't!"
"Inuyasha!" she yelled out. She knew that her voice would get easily picked up by the male half-demon and she and Shippou would be rescued in a matter of seconds.
The demon dragged her sword along Kagome's throat, and the human girl gasped as it was slit. She began to clutch her large wound once the sword was removed, as she started to gasp for breath. Blood was pouring heavily from the wound, as well as in her mouth. She could feel it… the cut was deep enough to slightly break through esophagus.
"Ah," the female said in content as she watched Kagome struggle to get a breath. "The smell of human blood. Slightly disgusting, but I guess it's still a welcoming aroma."
"Kagome!" Shippou yelled. He got on top of Kagome, near her throat, and tiny tears began to go down his eyes as he watched the blood make a second coat over her normal pale skin. "Kagome hold on! I'll… I'll go get the others!" he yelled.
He jumped off of Kagome and began to run to camp as he became fully determined on saving Kagome's life. He didn't want her to die. He wanted her to stay alive. Kagome was like his mother now. She was taking care of him and making him all sorts of delicious food.
He loved her like a mother too.
And he didn't want her to die!
The demoness continued to look at the girl as she was now kicking wildly from lack of breath. Her struggle only caused more air to leave her and her vision was slowly growing dark.
"Poor, poor Miko," the girl said. "And to think that I had actually asked you to come along,"—she sighed—"I guess you can never do things the easy way, can you?" she flicked her left sword, covered with slight blood, and immediately the metallic liquid just came off, cleaning it completely. She raised it to her face to inspect it.
"You know, I could save you," the demon said. Kagome managed to keep her eyes open to look at the white-haired girl as she continued to bleed from her mouth, down. "I could so easily close up that wound and get rid of all that icky, sticky blood."
"And all you have to do is agree to come along with me, little Miko." She said. Happy with the fact that her beautiful and precious sword wasn't tainted with blood, she placed it together with her other sword, and the two connected, making one. She then placed it back in its holder, on her hip.
"So, what do you say," the demon started again as she began to inspect her deadly white claws. "Will you come with me and live—or defy me and die?"
"What do I do?" Kagome thought. She added more pressure to her wound as she tried her hardest to keep the bleeding down, but to no success.
She was losing blood fast.
Her pulse was slowly diminishing.
She had to revert to breathing through her nostrils to try to keep her heartbeat from giving out on her. But the air was only getting so far as her esophagus continued to get clogged up by her own blood cells.
"Tick-tock Miko," the female crossed her arms under her chest and continued to look down at Kagome. "Your sands of time are running out. I suggest you make a decision quickly."
"Do I agree and go… or do I disagree and… die?" she thought. "If I choose to go… who knows where I might end up and what I might have to do. I might never see the others again. But if I don't go and I die… I won't see them at all. If I'm alive and captured, I still have a better chance at seeing them again. But what can I do if I'm dead?"
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"I have no other choice."
"I… I'll go."
The female raised an eyebrow as her ears picked up what Kagome softly said. Then a slow, cruel smirk crawled on her face.
"That's a good little Miko." She said. She walked closer to Kagome and crouched down near the girl's face. Kagome slightly turned her head to look at her.
"A-a-aren't y-y-y-you…" she stopped to cough up blood. The female moved her head a little to keep droplets from splattering on her face.
"Be quiet Miko," the female placed her hand over Kagome's and removed it, letting the blood easily flow. Kagome's eyes widened as even more blood began to fall out and the black began to cancel out all colors that she could see in the dark. "And let it happen."
"Y-y-y-y-ou… lied…"
Kagome then passed out and her head turned to the side. The demon's face grew concentrated as she placed her hand over the deep wound and it began to slightly glow a little. It soon began to heal. Not completely, but just a little to stop the flow.
"I didn't lie," she said as she began to hoist Kagome's body up on her shoulders. "I just waited." She said softly. Then she took in a deep breath and began to run.
Soon, fog began to surround her as her body began to change forms and she started to head home. Kagome began to change as well, and within seconds, both her and the miko's scents were completely gone.
Without a trace.
"What the hell?" Inuyasha shouted. He slammed tessaiga into a tree, snapping it in two, as he looked down at the large puddle of blood on the forest floor.
He knew that smell of blood anywhere. That was Kagome's blood. And it practically created a puddle near the log where she had apparently fallen.
"Kagome…" Sango said. Her eyes grew sad as she began to imagine just how this could've ended up happening to the miko. Kagome was a strong girl; she saw this. How was it that she couldn't take down whatever demon had her. Unless…
"I bet'cha Naraku did this." Inuyasha growled out.
"N-no," Shippou said as he too stared at the blood; tears in his eyes. "N-naraku d-di-didn't do this." he said.
"Well, spit it out Shippou, who did?" Inuyasha said. While he seemed as agitated as normal, Inuyasha was boiling inside. The shattered tree was just a way for him to gain control on a little bit of his sanity. Because honestly, he wanted to kill whoever had made Kagome shed so much blood and get the young miko back.
"I-it was…" Shippou grew wide eyes as he saw how Inuyasha's eyes nearly flashed red. He knew he had to get his words out quickly, so he took in a breath, looked away from the blood—even though he inhaled it through his nostrils—and tried again.
"It was… a female demon…" the gang's eyes stayed focused on him intently. "She… she had white hair—really white hair and her skin was a little… light or… dark or…"
"Was it somewhere in between?" Sango suggested. She watched as the kitsune nodded his head a bit unsure. She took mental notes of this.
"Shippou, what type of demon was she?" Miroku asked.
"Well… I'm not sure…" Shippou started. "But, I know that she had a tail. A fluffy white tail sticking out of the back of her kimono. It kinda reminded me of… Kouga's tail."
"Kouga!" Inuyasha shouted. " I bet you that female wench was part of his pack! He probably sent her to capture Kagome!" his fangs were grinding against each other at the thought of what that demon could possibly be doing to Kagome right now.
"I don't know Inuyasha," Sango said. "I have a feeling that Kouga wouldn't let any harm come to Kagome. Besides, why would he do this now?" she asked.
Why had Kouga chose now, of all times, to have someone capture Kagome? He's known the miko for about two years now and had plenty of chances before. He could've easily done it on the day they were fighting that spider demon. Or that demon that made all the girls fall for him by placing a crown on their heads.
Or he could've chased her down after she and Shippou managed to escape, and just held her prisoner there.
There were so many opportunities, all of which she was certain Kouga was smart enough to see. She didn't doubt that Kouga would be capable of doing such a thing, kidnapping Kagome from right under their noses, but she was pretty certain that he wouldn't let Kagome end up shedding blood.
"What are you kidding me?" Inuyasha shouted at her. "Of course he would do this sort of thing! He'd do anything to get Kagome back to that stupid cave of his—whether she's dead or alive."
"D-dead?"
"Inuyasha," Miroku said as he went over to Shippou to place a hand on the kid's head. He was shaking at the possibility of Kagome being dead right now. "Calm down. I'm very certain that Kagome is alive. She might even be healing her wound right now and on her way back to us." He said.
"Really Miroku?" Shippou asked as he turned his head up to look at the monk. "Do you really think she's trying to find her way back here?" there was the tiniest hint of hope in his childish voice.
"Of course Shippou," Miroku said. "There is no doubt in my mind that Kagome is safe and well."
"Yeah right," Inuyasha muttered. "I doubt that she can be fully safe with that stupid dog around." He didn't miss the glares that both Miroku and Sango were sending towards him.
"Hey, at least I'm being honest. You're both trying to keep the truth from Shippou. You're trying to shield him from what's really going on. Stop that okay. Shippou is a demon dammit and he should be treated as such."
"Meaning…" Sango said as she crossed her arms over her chest and raised an eyebrow at him.
"Look Shippou," Inuyasha said as he made eye-contact with the kitsune. "Kagome is gone okay. And chances are that Kouga took her. Now, if he was the one to take her, not only am I going to rip off his tail, but Kagome might also be in serious danger."
"W-why?" Shippou asked. "Kouga loves Kagome."
"Loves her? Please. All that stupid wolf wants to do is fu—"
"Inuyasha!" Sango screamed at him. He rolled his eyes as Sango's face grew pink.
"Whatever," he said. "All I know is that Kagome is gone, and that wolf is our first suspect. Let's go. We have a lot of travelling to do to get to his stupid caves."
"Are you saying we head over to Kouga's caves Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.
"Well duh," he said. He placed his tessaiga back in the scarab and placed his hands in their usual position—in his sleeves. "I may not want to go there, but if he's holding her prisoner, we have to get her back." He said.
Inuyasha began to walk in the other direction of where the group was and started to sniff the air for any clues as to which direction Kagome may have gone.
"Nothing." He thought. "All I can pick up is that pile of blood. Other than that, her scent is gone—completely vanished. How the fuck did that happen?"
"Come on you idiots!" he shouted back at them. "Do you want to find Kagome or not?" soon he heard footsteps trailing behind him. Now that he had the cows moving, it was time to haul them to the river.
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Her eyes saddened as she looked at the unconscious state of the person on the floor. They were sweating heavily, with bandages practically covering their entire body, and their skin paler than usual.
The slight scent of decaying skin filled the tiny area that they were in and she inhaled it deeply. It was mixed with theirs, and she found it a little refreshing. Although, their scent was slowly disappearing as more fog filled the room. Oh how she wished that would stop.
She sighed as she got up from her position on the floor and stretched a little. She slightly rubbed her eyes as she tried to get rid of that sleepy-feeling.
She hadn't fallen asleep in the past couple months. And demon or not, she needed her sleep. She had to rest in order to use her energy. But with everything that's been going on, she's finding that harder and harder to do.
She took one last glance at the person on top of the silk blankets that formed a small bed, and then left the room. She then walked straight down the passageway until she reached another room. She entered and also looked at the two forms there. Both of them asleep.
"Wake up," she said in a hoarse voice. The one that wasn't unconscious opened their eyes as they looked up. When they came in contact with hers, the other demon yawned.
"Is it morning yet?" the demon asked.
She nodded her head.
"Did you check up on him?"
Again, a nod.
"Then I guess it's my turn to watch over these two, huh?" the demon asked. She stayed silent as the demon shook its fur and then began to transform.
It's small body grew as it began to form a female body. Creamy skin was revealed under white fur, and an average female chest grew. Short white hair that reached her neck, with the bottom parts slightly curled, was the only hair that was left on her body. Pointed ears stuck out and sharp fangs became surrounded by normal teeth.
Fingers grew with long white claws, and a fluffy white tail stayed the same, but just grew a bit in length. Pink lips and brown eyes stuck out immediately among all the white.
"Here're your clothes," the first female demon said as she handed an extra pair of her clothes to the newly transformed demon.
"Thanks." The demon said as she began to slip on the clothing quickly. "So… how exactly did you find one?" she asked as she pulled up the underwear and began to put on the skirt.
"Luck." The first demon responded. "Pure luck." She said softly. After the second demon slipped on the shirt and fixed her hair, she then handed her, her own weapons. "I was just patrolling and… at first, I thought it was just another human but then she shot an arrow at me and—"
"You managed to deflect it, right?" the second demon asked. She strapped on her weapons in their usual areas and looked at her friend.
"Of course, it was easy too, barely a scratch on my sword," she said.
"I told you using that crystal would help," the female said. "And you thought it wouldn't be a good idea to use the Moon Crystal on a few weapons. I bet you're not regretting it now." she said. She finished and then began to align her clothing perfectly.
"Shut up," the first female said with a small smile on her face. "While I admit that it probably saved my life, I still don't believe that we'll get away with doing this."
"That's why we have to do as much with it as we possibly can… before our time here ends."
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"I know."
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"Great job Kouga."
"That was amazing Kouga."
"Hey, how come you always get the good ones?"
Kouga smirked.
"Because unlike you, I'm always focused." He said. The male Wolf Demon just groaned and walked away. Meanwhile, Kouga was still relishing over his fantastic catch that morning.
Earlier that day, he had woken up at 5am to go do his usual hunting. While he was out, he stumbled upon a village that had some great livestock. It was a little far from where his caves were, but it was completely worth it; especially considering the fact that each of those pigs and cows, were now his.
"Alright, close up part of this cave," Kouga said as the last of the livestock went inside an empty cave they had. Five of his men then began to push a huge stone slab over the cave entrance as it created a pen for the animals.
"That should do for the next two weeks or so." he said to himself. He brushed his hands and then let his men off to take a small break. They were given a limited time period because they still had to go check if there were any approaching enemies, news of Naraku's movements, and much more.
Each day was a busy day. There were never days of relaxation here were he could just sit down in a giant stack of hay, with some of his favorite wolves surrounding him.
Oh, but how he wished there was.
He would give anything to just have a day to himself. A day where he didn't have to worry about anyone—or an entire tribe—and he could just do as he pleased, and when he wanted to. Because honestly, what he wouldn't give to get some time off to see Kagome again.
It's been so long since he's last seen the pretty little black-haired miko. With her strange outfit, pretty hair, caring nature, and amazing power, she was everything he wanted, and more.
Kagome was the only female that he's ever met, that defied him, slapped him, and yet caused him to fall madly in love with her. She made him begin to question his ways, even give up eating people, if it'd please her and make her his mate. He's tried to be a lot nicer to the guys—a bit of a fail by the way—and made sure that the wolves didn't go too crazy at the smell of human blood.
It was tough, you know. To change so much and all for a single person. But no, Kagome wasn't just any person. She was truly a being of unearthly origin. An Angel from heaven.
She made him feel so much calmer and happier whenever she was around. She was getting tougher and tougher by the day and was so incredibly smart. He had always thought that feelings were only good for one thing—sex. But no, Kagome changed that about him too. She was useful in so many other ways than carnal pleasure.
He sighed as he began to walk away from the pen. He started to go through the numerous corridors of his tribe's large caves until he was abruptly stopped by Ginta and Hakkaku.
"Kouga!" Ginta said.
"Kouga!" Hakkaku yelled.
"Idiots." Kouga said in his mind. How could those two still be screaming his name if they were only about a yard away? Honestly.
"What do you two want?" Kouga yelled at them. They winced at the large volume. "Now they know how I felt."
"Uh… uh…" started Ginta. Then Hakkaku elbowed him in the side and he got back a little courage. "We… we were looking around for more food when—"
"When we ran into Ayame!" Hakkaku yelled.
Kouga instantly flinched. Dear god… not Ayame. The last time he saw her was when he neglected to go back with her and she left. Of course, that was also when she met Kagome, and while Ayame was a little bit over her crush on him, it was still pretty strong—now stronger than ever since she knows about his feelings for Kagome.
"Crap," Kouga muttered. "What did she say?" he asked. He needed to know whether he should be finding a good place to hide for the next three days—Ayame's usual visit time—or if this was all just a false alarm.
"She-she said she was coming over here to discuss…" Ginta stopped as a blush trailed on his cheeks. Kouga raised an eyebrow at the two as he noticed that Hakkaku was the same.
"What?" Kouga asked. "Why the hell are you two suddenly quiet? What does Ayame want?"
"Err…" started Hakkaku. "Well… you know, Kouga… Ayame is seventeen years old…"
"…And, and in a few months she… she will be eighteen…" said Ginta.
Kouga froze as he finally got what they were trying to tell him. "Are you telling me that that brat's coming over here to try and become my mate?" he asked. When they both nodded their heads, he growled.
"No fucking way."
"Well, we did tell her that you wouldn't—that you were too in love with Kagome to want anyone else as your mate but—" started Hakkaku.
"You know how Ayame is. Especially when Kagome's name is mentioned." Finished Ginta.
Kouga groaned. "Yeah… I know."
"Then you know that she got even more jealous and started running her faster than we've ever seen!" Ginta yelled. "I mean, she was running as fast as you Kouga!" this caught Kouga's attention.
"Wait, you mean, literally as fast as me?" he asked. This was beginning to sound strange. He was able to run fast because he had the jewel shards in his leg. But how the hell could Ayame run as fast as him?
"Yeah!" Hakkaku yelled. "She made a tornado and everything!"
"So you better run faster so she doesn't—"
"Leave it," Kouga said. This stopped both males in their tracks. "Let her come over here and try to make me her mate. She won't succeed at it, but I have a few things I'd like to speak to her about." He said.
He turned around when he heard a loud crash and then the sound of animals. He cursed.
"Dammit! Don't tell me those idiots let those stupid animals loose!" he shouted. Of course, when a sheep ran right past them, he knew that the very thing he didn't want to happen, happened.
"Kouga, what was—"
"Shut up! I want both of you to get these animals under control. While you do that, tell those idiots to go get another gate to keep those stupid things in!" he yelled.
"But Kouga, what will you—" again, Kouga cut Hakkaku off.
"I'm gonna go see where the hell those other animals are. I'll be using my wolves to taken 'em down." then he turned around and began to run through his caves.
"What else could go wrong?"
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"Inuyasha, slow down!" Miroku yelled as he tried desperately to keep up with Inuyasha's quick pace.
"No way!" Inuyasha yelled. "I can smell that wolf's scent. He's close, very close!"
"But Inuyasha, we're days away from Kouga's cave! How could you possibly smell him so close?" Sango yelled from atop Kirara.
Since Kagome first disappeared, about eight hours ago, they've done nothing but travel. They had passed about an entire village a few hours ago, that was dealing with a huge demon, and they easily killed it, but were so annoyed when they saw the demon had a shard. A few seconds later, Naraku's bug came and went with it.
Now Inuyasha was even more determined to get Kagome back. They had lost a shard because she wasn't there. And the longer she's gone, the more shards Naraku will happily collect.
"I'd rather burn in hell than let that stupid demon get all those shards." And of course, he knew that Naraku probably also knew about Kagome's disappearance. "If that stupid wolf doesn't have her, then Naraku probably does."
It would make a lot of sense though. Naraku could've easily captured Kagome using another one of his puppets. And now, with her in captivity, he could quickly gather all of the jewel shards by threatening her to either take him to them, or kill all of them.
And of course, being as how Kagome didn't want any of her friends or innocent people to die, she's complying for their safety. God knows how many shards he might have now. And then there was the chance that he's also taken Kagome's shards. Again.
"He could have an entire jewel by now!" Inuyasha screamed in his mind. With his anger fueling him even more, he started to run even faster.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku called after. He soon grew tired of running and stopped while Inuyasha got further and further away.
"Get on Miroku," Sango said as Kirara stopped beside the monk. "I doubt that you'll be able to run at all with the speed Inuyasha's going at." She said. Miroku quickly climbed onto Kirara's back.
"Thank you Sango," he said as he wrapped his arms around the woman's waist.
Sango looked away to hide her blush a little. "Yeah, yeah, whatever Monk. Just keep your hands where they are." She said. Kirara got the hint to move and began to catch up with Inuyasha. The male's white hair was spotted easily in the bright Sun, and they found him within seconds. He had gotten about half a mile further.
"Inuyasha!" Sango called out as she saw a village overhead. "We might want to stop at that village to get something to eat! We need more energy to keep moving!" she called out.
"No way!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Inuyasha stop acting like this!" Sango made Kirara stop right in front of the hanyou and he was forced to halt. Her eyes were fierce as she spoke.
"What the hell Sango! Get outta the—"
"Listen!" she exclaimed. She then took in a few breaths to calm down. "Look, I want to find Kagome too, okay. But we're never going to do that if we all drop from exhaustion. Let's rest at the upcoming village for an hour or so, and then we can start again." She said.
Inuyasha growled at Sango's suggestion to stop and take a break. He didn't want to stop. He wanted to keep moving so that they could get closer and closer to finding out just what the hell happened to Kagome.
The more time they stopped to rest, and the further the miko was at finding them. "And the more shards Naraku could possibly be getting."
"Pfft. If you want to stop and rest, fine, but I'm still going." He said. He was about to start moving again when he realized that the scent of that wolf was practically right on top of them.
He paused to look around, with calculating eyes, as he tried to pick up that brown fur that Kouga wore. And then, a few seconds later, he saw a tail. Although, it wasn't brown, but it was white. But Inuyasha didn't pick up the color difference.
"There you are you damn mutt!"
He jumped up and in the tree that he saw the tail coming from. He stopped at a branch away from it, and was surprised to see that the hair color and gender he expected to see, was completely different from what he was seeing.
"She's awake."
"Good." The female said. She then began to walk with the other demon as they headed over to where they had kept one of the two other people with them.
They entered the room to see the female on the bed, with her eyes slightly open. There was a bandage around her neck, where she had inflicted a wound upon her, and healing ointment had been placed. Her hair had been pulled back, and there was a cloth over her forehead to keep some of her heat inside her body.
She seemed fine and blinked a few times before turning her head to look at them. Then her eyes widened.
"You!" she shouted.
"Ssshh," she said. "Don't be so loud." The demon female said. She got even closer to the female and then took a seat right next to her. "Jeesh. You'd think that after a human wakes up, they'd be as silent as they possibly could."
"Well so-rry, but I'm in a little bit of shock and—ow." Kagome clutched her throat and felt the bandage there. Her eyes widened a little as she looked at the white-haired demon.
"Y-you… you actually…" she trailed off. She was in some mild shock. She couldn't believe that the demon had actually kept up to her promise. She had agreed to go along with her, and now she was alive and well. She couldn't even taste the blood that had been pouring out of her mouth before.
She could feel that her throat was feeling much better now. There had to be some sort of healing ointment in her bandages too.
"I told you, demons don't lie," the female said. "I said that if you came with me, I'd save you, and I did."
Kagome honestly couldn't believe this. It hadn't been some sort of trick at all. The demon kept to her word. And now that she thought about it, how exactly did the demon manage to do that? How did she save her?
"How did you heal me?" Kagome asked. The demon stayed completely silent.
"That doesn't matter," she said. "The point is, that you better rest up. I have a job that only you can do, Miko." She said. Then she got up from her position and turned to look at the other white-haired female.
"Yuksi," she said. "Take Miko here and give her a bath. She could use one." Then she began to leave the room.
Kagome felt insulted at what the demoness had said. She did not stink! But then again, as she smelt the air a little more, she realized that the demoness was right. She really did need a bath. She blushed a little as she heard the other demon laugh.
"Relax miko," the other female demon said. Kagome looked up at her and became mesmerized by her beautiful brown eyes that seemed almost honey-brown. "You don't smell that bad. Besides, it's only natural considering how long you've been out of it." she approached Kagome and the human noticed that she seemed a lot friendlier than the other girl.
"Um… exactly how long have I been out of it?" Kagome asked. Her voice was soft and a little raspy because of her previous yelling. She should've taken it easy.
"I'm not sure," the demon, Yuksi, said. "I wasn't exactly in this room when she brought you here. But my guess is that, maybe, before she took you."
"So… sometime late last night."
Kagome nodded her head. She'd been gone for so long. The others were probably worried sick about her. She knew that, by now, they'd realize that she was completely missing and were looking for her all over the place. Inuyasha must be pretty furious.
"I can only imagine how angry he might be. For all I know, he could've lost control of his demon side and—"
"Come on miko," Yuksi said as she crouched down a little so she could look Kagome in the eyes. "Let's get you cleaned and fed so you can be ready for tonight." She said.
"And what exactly will I have to do tonight?" Kagome asked.
"I can't tell you," Yuksi said. "It's my master's job to inform you about that. She's really very protective of that sort of thing, you know." She said.
Kagome nodded her head and accepted Yuksi's help as she began to help her up. Kagome soon realized that she was still in her blood-drenched clothes and suddenly felt very sick and sticky.
"Relax miko, it's only blood," Yuksi said. "My master would've changed your clothes, but considering how she's also a female, she knew that you probably wouldn't like that."
"Your master," Kagome started as she tried to steady herself on her feet. "She's the female that was here before, right? The one who brought me here?"
"Yes, that is her," Yuksi said. She then began to lead Kagome outside of the little room as they started to head for the very back of the cave, where there was an exit to a waterfall right behind them, that was used for bathing.
"Why do you talk about her like she's… nice. I mean, when I met her yesterday, she—"
"Ya—my master, may come off a little bit mean at times. But she's usually not like this. It's just that… something's going on right now that's starting to eat away at her nerves. It's actually the reason why you're here." She guided Kagome around a corner.
"I see…" Kagome said. "You… you're actually very… nice, by the way." Kagome said. Yuksi turned to her and gave a soft smile.
"Thanks. Just like me, my master's actually nice as well. She's very kind and considerate—unlike all other demons. It's kinda why, after she brought you here, she immediately started work on your wound, and made sure that you were comfortable for the night."
"Ah, here we are." Yuksi said. Kagome's eyes grew wide as she looked at the large and beautiful waterfall that was surrounded by a giant group of mountains, all over. The water flowed and flowed and on top of a large rock nearby, were something close to towels and other things.
"Wow… it's…" Kagome said.
"Beautiful, right?" Yuksi said. Kagome nodded her head as she still took in the scene and enjoyed the smell of the earth and water blended together. "My master loves it. She often disappears during the days just to come here and enjoy the cool water."
"You mean this isn't where you live?" Kagome asked. Yuksi began to lead her over to where the large rocks was.
"No. This is just one of the areas we have stationed for whenever we travel to a nearby land." Yuksi said. "Now, take off your clothing." She said. Kagome's eyes grew wide at the female and a blush crept on her face.
"Relax," Yuksi said. "There's a tiny cave behind the water just large enough for someone to change and for a few things to be placed there. You can take off your clothes there, and then wrap yourself up in one of the towels if you'd like. I'll be right here and will get the things ready to give you a bath with." Yuksi said.
Kagome nodded her head and began to head over to where the waterfall was. She wasn't quite sure how she would be able to get behind the waterfall without getting wet, until she spotted the small pathway of stone right behind it.
She walked along it and managed to avoid getting wet. When she came to the cave, her eyes widened. Torches were lit to provide lighting, and there were several shelves carved of stone that held things from towels, to buckets to hold water in.
She soon walked in a little deeper, where there was a cloth in the cave, and when she looked behind it, she saw glass. It reminded her of a dressing room back home, so she guessed that it was safe to change there.
She then fully walked inside the tiny area and made sure that the cloth covered her entire form. She stared at herself for a few moments.
Her uniform was completely drenched in her blood from the top of her neck, to her waistline. She felt even more disgusted as she noticed that the ends of her hair were also covered in the dark, rusty liquid.
She suddenly couldn't wait for that bath.
"Ayame?" Inuyasha said as he looked at the red-haired female Wolf Demon.
"Inuyasha?" Ayame responded as she looked at the white-haired half-demon. "What are you guys doing around here?" Ayame asked.
Inuyasha didn't bother to answer as he growled out. "Dammit! I thought you were that damn wolf Kouga!" he shouted. "And I've been wasting all that time, traveling close to that stupid village, expecting to find him and Kagome there." he muttered.
"What? My Kouga is with Kagome?" Ayame shouted, horrified. Anger and jealousy soon began to build up inside her. "Why would he be with her? And at a human village no less." She growled out.
"Never mind this," Inuyasha said. He then jumped back into the small clearing where the group was, and assumed his usual position.
"Inuyasha, did you find Kouga?" Miroku asked. He hadn't missed when Inuyasha yelled out the wolf's name and ran into the dense vegetation. He, for one, had found it a little odd that Kouga was this far—and knew that he was right when Ayame came out instead of Kouga.
"Does it look like I found Kouga?" Inuyasha said irritated as the female demon's scent got closer to his nose.
"Ayame," Sango said. "What are you doing way out here? Shouldn't you be back at your tribe?" she asked. She stayed on top of Kirara and the cat approached the Wolf Demon further.
"Actually," Ayame started. "I was just on my way to go see my precious Kouga and work out a few things with him," her face turned sour. "But apparently I have more to do now that he's with that little wench." She snarled this out.
"Yeah, well, good luck with your stupid love crap," Inuyasha said. "Come on, let's keep moving. We now have to travel even longer to get to Kouga." He hated the fact that they had wasted so much time in hunting down Kouga, when in reality, it was actually Ayame. How the hell had he gotten their scents mixed up?
"Hold on!" Ayame shouted as the group turned to leave. "I'm coming along!" she said.
"Hell no!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "We lost enough time as it is, and we'll only lose even more if you're with us." He growled out.
"No you won't!" Ayame shouted. "I'll be able to help you get there even faster. After all, us Wolf Demons have certain ways to get to certain places quicker. If you allow me into your group, I'll be able to show you all the short cuts and we'll be at Kouga's cave in about a day and a half's worth of travel."
Ayame got a smug look on her face as she noticed how they all completely stopped to think about it. She knew that it was only moments before they would accept her offer.
"You're not lying, are you?" Inuyasha was the one to speak his sentence. He hated to admit this, but the thought of getting to Kouga's cave faster actually sounded appealing. After all, if Kouga did have Kagome, the faster he got there, the faster he can get her back and they'd be back on track.
"Of course not," Ayame said. "Demons don't lie. We're not afraid of telling the truth, no matter the consequences." She said. She wrapped her arms as she waited for Inuyasha's answer.
He smirked. "Yeah… demons don't lie." He said. He then turned to the girl. "Fine. You can come with us. Now, lead the way." He said.
Ayame turned around as she hid the smug look on her face. "Follow me." she said. She began to jump through the trees, and within seconds, Inuyasha was at her side. The hanyou turned to look at her.
"We better be there quickly." He said.
"Of course we will," she said. "I ran into Ginta and Hakkaku yesterday. I'm very certain that they're already back at the cave."
"That's how fast we'll be there." she said.
Inuyasha still didn't trust this girl, but as she momentarily stopped to kick a boulder, and a passage opened, he suddenly felt better for letting her tag along.
"Really, you don't have to do this." Kagome said. She stopped talking while Yuksi poured some water on top of her head. Some of the blood began to get out and momentarily taint the water near her body, before it easily dissolved.
"Yes I do," Yuksi said. She placed the bucket down as she grabbed more of the liquid she used to wash her master's hair, and began to rub it into Kagome's. "My master told me to give you a bath. And doing as she said, is the least I can do." she rubbed it in more and then once again, began to pour it out.
Kagome smelt the delicious scent of the liquid as some of her hair fell over her nose. It smelt just like vanilla—so, so good. She still couldn't believe how wonderful this bath was.
First of all, she didn't have to wash herself. Yuksi had redressed herself in a long, white kimono and had climbed into the water to give her a bath. With her body securely wrapped in a towel, Kagome let Yuksi wash off all the soaked blood that had stuck to her skin, and now, she was having her hair washed with something that smelt much better than the shampoo she had back at home.
"But…" Kagome had to stop talking as more water was poured over her head. She raised her hands up to her eyes and moved the water away from her vision.
Yuksi placed the bucket down again and grabbed a comb with large bristles that were separated a couple centimeters, and pulled Kagome's hair back as she began to untangle it.
"Why did you agree to do this? Isn't it a little degrading to give someone who you don't even know, a bath?" she asked. She knew that if she was ordered to do this, she wouldn't do it at all because it would certainly give a large blow to her pride.
"I don't mind," Yuksi said. "My master's done so much and more for me. She saved my life once, and being her humble servant is the least I can do." she said.
This got Kagome's attention. "She saved your life?" she asked. "I hope you don't mind but… how?"
Yuksi was silent as she let Kagome's hair fall back against the female's back before setting the comb down, and beginning to get out of the water. She then rolled up some of her kimono, and let most of the water fall to the floor. Then she piled up all the things she used to bathe Kagome in the bucket, and left it there.
Kagome grew disheartened at the female's sudden silence. She had actually started to feel a little comfortable around Yuksi, and she was worried that she had just blown the chance of her and the female becoming on friendly terms because of what she did.
"Yuksi…" she said. "If… if I went too far, I'm sorry—I—"
"No, don't worry," Yuksi said. She placed the bucket down in a spot far away. "I was just remembering…" she turned around with a fresh towel for Kagome to change into.
"Truth is," she said softly. "Before my master and I even knew each other… I was a part of a clan of demons that did… horrible, horrible things…"
"They killed humans and demons alike without even caring. They conquered so many lands and did so many things—especially to females…"
"One day… they were going to do the same to her, my master. She had just been travelling, she was just looking for some food to bring to a sick friend of hers. And when the head of my clan saw her, he immediately wanted to have her."
"But when he tried…"
A sudden shimmer of happiness grew in Yuksi's brown eyes. Her lips curved into a smile.
"She killed them all so easily. She avoided the ones who she knew wouldn't do harm. Then she went back to where everyone was and freed every person that was there. And in the end, I went to her. Her hands were covered in blood and her hair was soaked."
"To be honest, this isn't what I look like. I'm actually an animal, you know. But my master saw something in me, and she gave me this jewel," Yuksi paused to show Kagome the miniature white orb around her neck. It looked exactly the one she saw the girl wearing earlier today. "It allows me to change from animal, to demon when I please."
"My master gave it to me on that day. She placed it around my neck and I turned into this. Then she said to me, "You want freedom… and I can see that. Come with me and I guarantee that your life will be better,"."
"And it is." She finished with a smile.
"But… how? How was she able to take down an entire clan? How did she manage to free so many people? How wasn't she killed?" Kagome asked.
"My master can do incredible things, miko," Yuksi said. "She'll do things for others if she sees that they deserve what they want. You'll soon figure that out."
Immediately, a flashback of the female demon holding back one of her arrows with the swords she carried, flashed into Kagome's head. Oh, she believe that her master could do incredible things alright. She just wanted to know how exactly she was able to do it.
"Yuksi!" At that moment, the white haired demon came into the room. Her purple eyes landed on Kagome for a moment and the human placed her hands over her chest, even though she was wearing a towel.
"Did you have a nice bath?" she asked her. Kagome was a little taken aback that she'd ask that, but nodded her head.
"It was lovely…" Kagome said. "Thank you."
"Don't thank me," the demon said. "You deserve some luxury over what I did to you in order to get you here. But don't worry though, you won't be here that long, I believe."
"Yuksi," she said. "Let her wear one of my kimonos until her clothes are cleaned and dried. After she's dressed, bring her to my room and I'll change her bandages. Then make sure that she has something to eat, and after she's done, bring her there."
"Yes master." Yuksi said.
A smile suddenly grew on the female and her purple eyes slightly shined. "I told you to not call me that. We're friends. Drop the formalities." Then she turned around and left the room.
Kagome locked eyes with Yuksi as the female demon looked at her. "See," Yuksi said. "She isn't all that bad."
"Here you go," Yuksi said as she handed her the towel. "Change into this towel and I'll be back with one of my master's kimonos. Your clothes should be clean and dry by tomorrow." She said. Then she turned around and went back into the cave behind the waterfall.
A minute later, she emerged with Kagome's dirty clothes and began to walk through the entrance to the room. Kagome sighed after the white-haired female was gone and began to get out of the water.
She stood up on the wet stone, and then dropped her wet towel. Then she wrapped herself in the dry towel and grabbed the wet one before heading to the cave. The light inside was still nice and bright, and she placed the wet towel to the side, before heading to where the mirrors were.
She then looked at her reflection. She was glowing from the steam, and her skin was the cleanest its ever been. Touching her hair, she saw that it was incredibly silky, and it smelt absolutely amazing. Her skin had the scent of vanilla clinging to it, and she wondered how Inuyasha would react if he got a whiff of her scent.
"He'd probably say I still stink," Kagome thought. "But at least this time I'll know he's lying." Whenever Inuyasha said that she stunk, she always lashed out at him and told him that she didn't, but honestly, she wasn't even sure.
I mean, with all the travelling under the hot sun, and the fact that all she ever had to wear was her uniform, she was never sure if Inuyasha was joking around or stating a fact. But now she knew that if he told her that after she had taken a bath exactly like this, that he'd just be a giant liar.
"Miko!" Kagome turned around and got out of the small mirror room, to see Yuksi come in with some fabric draped over her arm and wearing a different set of clothing.
"Ah, there you are," she said as she smiled. "I brought you one of my master's most comfortable kimonos. I ran into her when I had a different kimono, and she said that that wouldn't do. So, she dragged me back into her room and gave me this one. It's actually one of the softest ones that she owns." Kagome's eyes widened as Yuksi let her see the kimono.
It was beautiful.
It was a perfect, soft lavender color with dark purple designs on the skirt. The obi was the pure white color of both Yuksi, and her master's hair, and the sleeves were short, but still flow-y. It was truly a beautiful, beautiful kimono.
"Wow." She said.
"She also gave me a pin so you can tie your hair up with it," Yuksi showed her the pin and Kagome's eyes stayed on the beautiful flower that was on it. It shined and shimmered from the lighting of the candles. "And also a few undergarments similar to what you we wearing. Although, she doesn't have the top part." she showed Kagome a pair of panties that matched the purple color of the kimono. "But she just told me that if you wanted, you could have the top wrapped up in gongs, like she does. Being a female, she knows how uncomfortable it must feel to not have something covering those areas."
"Come. I'll help you change."
Yuksi walked over to Kagome and placed everything down on a stone table next to them. Then she brought Kagome closer to her and handed her the underwear.
"Put it on." she said. Kagome blushed a little, but nodded her head. She then slipped the underwear on, in front of Yuksi, and once she was done, she noticed that the demon had a roll of gongs in her hand. "It's for your chest," Yuksi said. "If you'd like, I could wrap it for you, or you could do it yourself."
"Uh…" Kagome said. She was a little tempted to let Yuksi do it—that way, she could get the full experience of what she usually does for her master. But she knew that that would just be pushing it, and decided on doing it herself. "No thank you Yuksi, I can do it." she said.
Yuksi nodded and handed her the gongs. "Once you're done, come back out and I'll secure the wrappings and help you with the kimono." She said.
Kagome nodded her head and then walked back inside the room of mirrors. She made sure that everything was covered, before she dropped her towel and momentarily stared at her naked form.
Even though no one could really tell, she actually had a figure. Her hips still weren't as wide as they should be, but she was just starting out and it takes four years to grow a pair of good hips. Her breasts size was normal, nothing compared to Sango's, and her skin was pale and regular. Her eyes were a normal brown and her hair only reached a little past her breasts.
She wasn't the most stunning girl you've ever seen. But she was just starting out and already she could tell that by the time she becomes a woman, she will probably be turning a few heads.
Feeling some of the cold air against her pink nipples, instantly perking them up, Kagome decided to begin to wrap up her chest. She held one end of the gong in one hand, and placed it firmly in the junction between her two breasts, and then began to wrap the gongs around her with her other hand.
She continued to wrap, and wrap, and wrap, before she finally had all of her chest covered and noticed that they looked the same size they would be if she was wearing her bra. She then placed the small gong roll under her chin, as she bent down to grab the towel and wrapped it around her lower end before heading out to see Yuksi.
"Here," Yuksi said as she got closer to Kagome. She grabbed the gong roll from the female and then turned it a little so that it was on Kagome's back. Then, using her claws, she broke the gong piece and then wrapped it around another gong on her back, before tying it with itself, securely. "There you go."
She then placed the gong roll down and grabbed the kimono. "Hold out your arms please." She said. Kagome did as such and she placed each of her arms through the sleeves of the kimono one-by-one.
Then Yuksi moved to the front of Kagome as she began to adjust the kimono, and then she grabbed separate ends of the obi. She then started to wrap them securely around Kagome's waist, before moving to the back and tying the obi in its respectful way. Finally, she grabbed the clip and began to pin up Kagome's hair.
"Um… Yuksi… might I ask…" Kagome started.
"Miko, no need to be shy around here. Master is nice. And besides, I don't mind questions. Go ahead, feel free to ask." Yuksi said. She finished pinning up Kagome's hair.
Then she began to move around as she started to clean the cave so that it would look exactly as it should. When she moved to check if anything was in the small room of mirrors, Kagome caught a glimpse of herself.
Her eyes widened as she noticed just how beautiful she looked in the kimono. She didn't look average at all. The kimono reached a little past her knees and the color complimented her skin beautifully. With her hair pinned up, more of her face was visible, and her eyes looked almost bigger. She had never looked this beautiful before in her life.
"Alright, everything's clean," Yuksi said as she hung both of Kagome's towels to dry. "Come, let's get you to my master's room so she can change the bandages around your neck." Yuksi said.
Kagome snapped out of her daze and nodded her head. She followed close behind Yuksi as they walked from the exit of the cave and avoided the water of the water fall. They walked past the entire area and back into the large cave where she had been in, about two hours ago.
Yuksi began to lead her through the lit hallways and Kagome took the time to look around. For a moment, she began to believe that Yuksi and the girl were both Wolf Demons. I mean, they had the ears, tails, and lived in a cave. But if that was so, wouldn't there be more Wolf Demons around? I mean, so far, it looks like it's just Yuksi and her master. Which reminds her, she really needed to learn the girl's name and tell them hers.
Sure she knew that she was a miko, but she didn't exactly like being addressed like that. She smiled softly at this. She and the strange demon both had something in common. They didn't like being addressed by anything besides their names.
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And so ends chapter one. I gotta say, at first, I was having a hard time deciding how to get Kagome captured by the female demon. I had thought of making her sense a jewel shard that the female's carrying, and then have her torture both Shippou and Kagome before dragging Kagome and leaving Shippou, but then I saw that that was a little ridiculous and would seem a bit bi-polar if I made her all mean one second, and then nice another. So instead I made Kagome get kidnapped that way, and next chapter is all about why she gets kidnapped in the first place. And also, she will stay kidnapped until, maybe, chapter four, but the very end. Anyways, I hope you liked this first chapter, and please review!
Xoxoxo Chibi Star Vamp