Alluring Nymph

By: Kibou32

Disclaimer: I don't own either Inuyasha, Lawful Drug or xxxHolic.

Summary: All principal characters are minding their own business, going about their own ways when they are brought together by a powerful woods' nymph whose suddenly missing a couple of her kin. She turns them into wood nymphs – females at that and suddenly their companions know not what to do to get them back to normal.

Warnings: A lot of yaoi pairings... other than the usual ones. And some out of character behavior.

Pairings: Watanuki + Doumeki, Kazahaya + Rikuo, Saiga + Kakei, Kakei + Inuyasha, Saiga + Kakei + Inuyasha, Saiga + Kakei + Inuyasha + Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha + Sesshoumaru.

Genre: Humor, Romance, some Drama and Angst.

Rated: No younger than seventeen.

Part I

Hunting for the Shards these last few days had been tiresome, not to mention nerve-wracking. It had hardened their heartstrings so tight that the tension could practically be called another enemy to their little group. So it wasn't any surprise that when a beautiful woman with dark brown hair and green eyes stood in their way in the middle of an unknown forest they were currently making their way through, Kagome just about snapped. And the worst of it was that Inuyasha hadn't even made a single movement towards the woman!

"SIT!" - Kagome yelled out and everyone braced themselves for the impact.

Now the wood nymph – for that was what it actually were in all her splendorous glory – was only planning to play a little game with the males and make the females fall asleep as she wooed them; but when she saw the movement of how the black haired man in robes instantly grabbed for his weapon of choice – it was a habit of his in any case and meant to give her no battle if she didn't engage herself - and how the white haired half-demon youth begin to launch at her in anger – she didn't know his angry look was due to Kagome saying the 'sit' command rather than at her in its reality – she decided that she would take the prettiest male and make him her companion. Make him one of her kin.

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"Kagome, I think you really did it this time!" - Sango started out low as she begun to blink away the spots that pierced her dark brown eyes that actually came from the glaring sun. Her low tone of voice ended up in shouts directed at her dark haired friend from the future. She was lying on her back feeling the unforgiving ground digging in to her in pain for the brutal impact she made with it.

"I'm sorry!" - she heard Kagome whine and could detect that she was just holding in the tears from finally flowing down her cheeks. She was upset with her friend for once again jumping into conclusions and she was frustrated with herself for not doing anything against the woman that had taken their friend away from them. She looked at her friend from the side and was pretty sure now that her friend was crying already as the tears run amuck in her young face.

"Blaming each other is going to do nothing in getting Inuyasha back from whoever took him from us!" - Miroku said calmly as he carefully rubbed his hurting head whilst sitting up. He had been blown over by the nymph's angry wind whilst she grabbed the unconscious half-breed and gotten away from them.

"I wasn't blaming Kagome! It's just that whoever it was... I just... I just can't tell whether it was a demoness, a fairy or a nymph! And that's just the beginning of the whole problem!" - Sango slumped back on her rump finding it hard to try and stop the tears of frustration from falling down her cheeks.

"Well... maybe since we'd all seen the woman.. maybe if we describe her to Kaede when we get to the village – since we can't really make it that far without Inuyasha – she'd tell us what it was!" - Kagome tried to be helpful by pointing that out to the rest of them, but everyone could tell that she was just as desperate as Sango.

"I think it was a wood nymph." - said Shippou quietly. Unlike them, he had run for the hills before the nymph attacked.

"What makes you say that Shippou?" - Sango inquired to him looking quizzed about his out of the blue statement.

"Well... she didn't feel like a demoness... I mean I couldn't feel any youki coming from her. If she were a fairy, she would've been pixy–short. If she had been an elf, her ears would've been pointy not only on the top but at the bottom around the outer shell as well. She didn't have short feet which quickly rules out any other creature and her feet were bare which is a true indication of nymphs. And we're in a forest which quickly points out what kind of nymph she is." - he exclaimed feeling triumphant that he had come out with the true breed for the woman that had taken his father away from him.

All of his friends looked on towards him and nodded as they thought it over in their minds. They finally agreed with him when they too got to the same conclusion.

"Well... one problem solved. How do we get Inuyasha back however?" - Sango asked at the nonplussed looks of the rest of the people in the group.

"Could we ask Kirara to sniff this wood nymph out?" - Kagome wondered out loud.

"It's a thought..." - Sango started to say looking thoughtful at the possibility, but was interrupted by Miroku who finally pointed out that he too had some wisdom on the subject of nymphs.

"Uh... I don't think that's possible. If what we're dealing with is a wood nymph... then if this nymph doesn't want to be found, she won't be found as easily as that. In fact, many men have tried to find wood nymphs by sending hounds after them and its impossible. I don't even know what she might have done to Inuyasha by now. I mean..."

"What Miroku?!" - Sango yelled out exasperated.

"I think the nymph didn't mean any harm to us. But... but now I think that if we made her angry, she could very well do something to Inuyasha. Something we have no idea if we can reverse or not." - he pointed out nervously at the women and sweat dropped when Kagome bristled at the brief mentioning of her jumping to conclusions.

"So what do we do?" - Shippou asked the three adults.

"We could wait here for a week or two." - Sango pointed out.

"Loose time waiting for a creature's unknown behavior?!" - Kagome yelled.

"What else can we do?! The nymph is rumored to be from this specific forest, right?" - Sango stressed out that fact looking murderous at the young girl in front of her.

"Uh... actually no. But there is a better chance that we could see Inuyasha again if we wait for a day or two." - Shippou pointed out.

Kagome looked like she was about to pull her hair out in frustration, but she decided to nod in agreement.

"Then it's settled." - she said whilst getting to her feet to set camp out.

Three days later, when they were about to leave the forest; Miroku could tell someone was watching him from afar. He let the girls walk ahead of him and awaited that someone to come forth. He was surprised when that someone did.

It had white silver hair with puppy ears on top of its head. The golden eyes that innocently but invitingly looked back at him gave him the clue of who it was he was staring back at, even if the current form didn't. It was Inuyasha in a female form that suited him. She was beautiful and it was obvious from her gaze that she liked the twinkling sounds his staff made when he moved. From what he knew of nymphs... he knew that they liked music a lot or any sound that resembled harmony. He also knew that they pursued it more than relative fun with men. He purposefully jingled the staff again and watched as Inuyasha softly smiled at him. He took in the tight and alluring garment that the half – breed girl carried. It apparently was a white gauzy material that left little to almost nothing to the imagination and yet Miroku couldn't see the girl's private parts particularly detailed in a way it were obvious. She had full and rounded breasts, and here he wished he could see how her nipples were – the few times he had bathed with Inuyasha, he had been able to tell that his nipples were light cream colored. Now he couldn't tell if they were still like that or were pinkish-like as other women's nipples he had seen. In the dirty part of his mind, he found himself really allured by Inuyasha's striking features. In his rational mind, he was concerned about how had the wood nymph managed to turn Inuyasha's masculinity into femininity that easily. If they ever got the half-breed back, how were they to turn him back into being a he instead of a she?

By this time, the girls had noticed the lack of his presence and had come back to see what had held him up. It was Kagome's gasp that had Inuyasha disappearing from the clearing leaving them behind. Miroku was frustrated at this, but he didn't say anything for fear of alighting conflict within their group again.

"Was that?" - she asked softly knowing her eyes had not deceived her.

"Yup!" - Shippou exclaimed.

"That was Inuyasha. And the problem of getting Inuyasha back has gotten worst." - Sango said.

They tried to await for Inuyasha to come back, but when the days of the week were over, Sango knew that Inuyasha wasn't coming back this time. It was clear that the half-breed nymph was afraid of women... in any other circumstances she would've scoffed at that notion, but now... now she wasn't dealing with an emotional half but with a quiet and quite innocent nymphet.

They trudged their way back to the village encountering many blood thirsty demons and dispatching them slowly. Kagome found two more shards on the way home and they were able to get them back without problem, but even the way they added those jewel shards to their small collection didn't garner enough excitement to celebrate. They were too depressed and unsettled over how utterly impossible it would be to get their leader back to their tight little group. When they finally made it back to the Inuyasha Forest, they were even more discontent and ashamed as to how they often behaved towards their missing leader. It was Shippou – however – who blanched and said...

"Uh-oh!" - and with that he started to tremble all over.

"What's wrong Shippou?" - Sango queried softly wondering what else could turn up worse.

"Sesshoumaru is here." - he said with his voice quivering with every word.

Miroku cursed and Kagome jumped in fright at the statement. Sango could tell this was not going to be that easily solved without Inuyasha here to be the buffer between them and the Demon Lord.

Miroku came close to the seemingly pensive Sesshoumaru and awaited until the Demon Lord acknowledged him. He fidgeted a little when after a few minutes the dangerous dog demon didn't utter a word to him. He fidgeted more when it appeared that the Great Sesshoumaru wasn't in the mood to talk. He cleared his throat twice before finally deciding to stay quiet when he saw Inuyasha's brother turn to look at him from the corner of his cold golden eyes.

"Where is Inuyasha?" - he heard the cold demon say and he flushed as he tried to come up with a decent answer that wouldn't get him killed.

"Do not lie human, for I can smell a lie a mile away from here and you aren't that far from I. This Sesshoumaru could kill you in a second without regretting the end of your pitiful existence."

"Right. Well... Inuyasha is evidently not here. In fact, I daresay I do not know where he is at the moment."

"Is Inuyasha dead?" - the Demon Lord asked quietly and Miroku couldn't tell if he was happy or unhappy about the possible response that could come out of his mouth.

"No. Inuyasha is not dead. The thing is... we lost him a week and a half ago."

"Lost him?" - Miroku began to sweat profusely at the seemingly innocent question.

"Uhm..." - before he could utter something else, Kagome came racing in crying her heart out and knelt before the Demon Lord to weep saying it was all her fault.

"Miko?" - Sesshoumaru turned to see the spectacle that Kagome unknowingly provided.

She was wearing her customary green uniform and her face was drawn and obviously wet. She had bags under her eyes and her lips quivered from the weeping she was continuously doing so far.

Miroku stood there like a rock frozen in time and not being able to move at all from the fright that took place in his heart. What would the Great Sesshoumaru do to Kagome once he learnt of what had happened to Inuyasha in their previous trek? But he was in for a shock when the ruthless and cold bastard that were Inuyasha's older brother only knelt to grasp Kagome's chin to take a peek into her gray eyes.

"What happened?" - he demanded softly and Kagome hiccuped before she was finally able to say something.

"We were walking through a forest we'd never been by before, when this beautiful woman stepped into our path. I didn't know she was a wood nymph and that she didn't mean us any harm! If I had known that I wouldn't have acted so rashly, I swear!" - she seemed to gather strength and then went on to say... "I thought Inuyasha was going to attack her, but when he didn't do anything I got angry and sat him. It was then we were thrown away from him and knocked out. When we awoke he was gone and now we don't know what the nymph has done to him!"

Sesshoumaru stood up and looked about. Then he did something so uncharacteristic of him and said...

"I recovered this from a lake not far away from where you just said you were." - Kagome's tears had dried up until then but when she took a look at what he held in his grasp, she was thoroughly floored.

Inuyasha's fire rat haori, the prayer beads and hakama were in his possession along with Inuyasha's fang.