Okay my chapters may be really short but they contain some suspense i guess...but this is my first Inuyasha fanfic please R&R!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha....but i wish i did ~_~

1. The Casting of the Spell

Kagome stood in front of the shrine, having just gotten home from school. She turned her head, a worried look on her face. She sensed an odd presence approaching. Kagome pulled off her backpack and set in on the ground. She didn't have time to run and grab her bow before the thing she had sensed was in front of her. Kagome quickly took a defensive stance and asked, "What do you want?"

The woman smiled and said, "I wish to bestow you with a gift. A most wondrous gift that's sure to change your life forever." Kagome said, "I won't accept anything from you." The woman said, "Oh how silly of me. I really should have introduced myself to you. I am Kurumi, your god mother." It suddenly hit Kagome what the presence was she had been sensing. Kagome said in a shocked voice, "You're a full miko!"

Kurumi smiled and said, "That I am, and you are too from what I sense. You are already quite strong."

Kagome asked, "How come we've never met?"

Kurumi replied with a wry smile, "Your family didn't want me to meet you."

Kagome asked, "Why not?"

Kurumi said, "Because of a little accident that happened. I messed up while using my miko powers and your family got angry and told me never to come here again."

Kagome said, "You'd have to have done something pretty bad for that to 'd you do?"

Kurumi said, "They also told me never to speak of it to anyone ever again."

Kagome put a hand in her chin in thought, then asked, "You said you had a gift for me. What is it?"

Kurumi smiled brightly and said, "Oh yes! Your gift! How could I forget!" Kurumi paused, cleared her throat and said clearly, "My gift to you is obedience, from now on you will always be obedient."

Kagome's jaw dropped in shock and she spluttered, "W-W-What did you just say?"

Kurumi smiled and said, "I just gave you your gift. Now, I really must be going. Goodbye dear Kagome!"

Kagome screamed out, "Kurumi wait!" but Kurumi had vanished.

Kagome sat at the dinner table, staring into space. ' I can't believe what happened. Well, I don't know it really happened.' Kagome curled her lips in thought, 'But I felt her miko power shift when she said that. I....'

Kagome's thoughts were interrupted as Mrs. Higurashi said, "Kagome eat your dinner before it gets cold." Kagome picked up her chopsticks and started eating right away.

Kagome thought, 'Oh! I-I-I just followed an order! No questions asked! Kurumi must have really been there and must have really done this to me.'

Mrs. Higurashi looked worried and said, "Kagome, tell me what's wrong."

Kagome hesitated, not wanting to tell her mother, being Kurumi had said that she wasn't supposed to be at the shrine ever again. Suddenly, Kagome felt odd. She was breathless, and a few seconds later she felt nauseous. Another few seconds later she felt dizzy. Then Kagome said, "Kurumi came by today." Everything that had been wrong with her suddenly went away.

Mrs. Higurashi said, "What!?"

Kagome bent her head and repeated, "Kurumi was here earlier today."

Mrs. Higurshi stared open-mouthed at Kagome then said, "Tell me what she did to you."

Kagome bit her lip but then she started to feel breathless. So Kagome said, "She gave me a gift." She didn't feel breathless anymore. Kagome realized what she had felt was because she had not obeyed orders.

Mrs. Higurashi said with suspicion, "What gift was this? Tell me."

Kagome hesitated and again started to feel breathless, so she said, "She said, ' My gift to you is obedience, from now on you will always be obedient.' "

There was silence in the room. No one spoke, only breathed. Then Kagome's grandfather dropped his chopsticks and the questions began. Sota asked, "Do you really have to follow orders? Tell me the truth." Kagome nodded. Kagome's grandfather asked, "Did you try to stop her?" Kagome nodded. Sota asked, "Are you going to be like this forever?" Kagome nodded then burst into tears. Sota said in a panic, "Kagome, don't cry! Stop crying, please!" Kagome stopped crying with a small hiccup.

Mrs. Higurashi looked thoughtful for awhile then said to Kagome, "I order you never to tell anyone about this curse of yours." Kagome blinked in surprise. She had no idea what to say.

After a couple hours of discussion, in which Kagome's new condition was discussed, Kagome and her family sat silently. Mrs. Higurashi said to Sota, "Sota, I don't want you taking advantage of Kagome's condition. How would you feel if it were you in her position and she took advantage of you?" Sota nodded in understanding. Mrs. Higurashi said, "Promise me, Sota." Sota said after a few seconds, while crossing his fingers behind his back, "I promise." Mrs. Higurashi nodded, smiled, and said, "Good. Now I think we all should go to bed. We have a busy day tomorrow."

Kagome lay in bed thinking about her new situation. ' Anyone can control me with an order. It has to be a direct command, such as, "Do the dishes." or "You must go to bed now." A wish or request has no effect. I am free to ignore "I wish you would do the dishes" or "Why don't you go to bed now?" But against an order I'm powerless. If someone tells me to hop on one foot for a day and a half, I'll have to do it. And hopping on one foot isn't the worst order I could receive. What if a youkai tells me to hand over my jewel shards? What if someone tells me to kill myself? I'll have to do it. I'm in danger every moment. There must be a way to break this stupid spell! There must be and I will find it!' With that, Kagome fell asleep