Kagome's Heritage (rewrite)

By Tekkaman Xero

Author's note: I have only seen up to episode 32 of the Inu-Yasha anime, and volume 5 of the manga. All my other IY knowledge is retrieved from Internet sources. I have read a lot of Gold Digger. I filled in my holes with knowledge via Internet sources. This fanfic takes place during Kagome's first year of high school, and just after issue 26 of the GD color series.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha. It belongs to the great manga artist Rumiko Takahashi. I do not own Gold Digger. It belongs to that great comic artist Fred Perry. I own only my OWN CHARACTERS! No money is being made here so there is no legal basis to sue me.

Chapter 1

Naraku glared up at the full moon in the dark skies with a look of almost hatred. He had a feeling the energies of the full moon would bring about a problem very soon. The humans considered the full moon to be a danger, as it was thought to give demons more strength.

Naraku knew it wasn't true.

So WHY do I have this bad feeling?!

Naraku would soon find out…

Meanwhile, Kagome was lying awake in the grass outside her tent. She never could sleep on the night of a full moon. Her entire life she'd never been able to do so. But here in the feudal ages, a strange feeling was usually accompanied by the full moon. Like something stirring inside of her…

Her thoughts were ended by a rustling in the bushes.

Inu-Yasha's ears twitched and he got up, briefly sniffing the air, "Naraku…"

Kagome went about the task of waking up Sango, Shippo and… Miroku. "Miroku. Move. Your hand. NOW!"

The smack that followed caused his hand to move. Rather quickly, in fact.

By the time Miroku was awake, Sango already had her massive boomerang out and was scanning the area for any signs of the demon.

The first sign that Naraku was within combat distance was, unfortunately, the sudden plunging of his hand through Kagome's back…

When Naraku sensed what his clone had done, he was angry. Beyond angry. He was furious. I never should have given those things free will! I had plans for her!!!

Back at the campsite, when Inu-Yasha saw Kagome go down, he became enraged. Not. Not enraged. He became SO F***ING PISSED that no one in history would ever compare. Unsheathing the Tetsusaiga, he charged.

And as expected, the Naraku clone had him outmatched severely. Miroku couldn't use his air Void as Naraku's poison bees were buzzing around just WAITING for him to use it…

Shippo wasn't much help, as he was cowering behind Sango.

Sango couldn't do anything without risking hitting Inu-Yasha.

Kagome lay there on the ground, her life slowly leaving her. She could do nothing but watch as Inu-Yasha fought the demon. She could see he was losing, but he wouldn't give up.

Kagome didn't want to die… She wanted to live. She didn't want to leave her friends, or family.

And she suddenly felt her life and strength return. Return and….INCREASE.

Inu-Yasha was slowly being worn down. Even the Tetsusaiga not being much help against the Naraku clone. Then he noticed something. Kagome's body…was gone.

Naraku's clone heard something behind him. But it moved FAST, and as he was busy with Inu-Yasha, he had no time to move before something grabbed his neck, and crushed it, producing a sickeningly loud snap.

Inu-Yasha froze as he got a whiff of the girl's scent. It SMELLED like Kagome, but it looked a little different. For one thing, Kagome didn't have a coat of spotted fur, like a cheetah's. She also wasn't close to seven feet tall. But still, it smelled just like Kagome!

Kagome seemed unaware of how she had changed. She was just wondering why she wasn't dead.

Sango carefully moved closer. "K…Kagome??"

"Sango? Is something wrong?"

Shippo moved closer and sniffed her a bit, seeming confused. Kagome glanced down at him, seeing her tail twitching this way and that.

Tail? She looked again, then examined herself, noting everything. And then, she screamed. Not so much from what had happened her as from the fact that she was completely naked, her clothes having been destroyed in the transformation.

Sango found herself thwacking Miroku on the head as his hand began to creep towards Kagome's lower regions.

Inu-Yasha had done the decent thing and turned around as soon as the fact that Kagome was nude had registered.

Sango wrapped a blanket around Kagome to cover her nude body. "Thanks, Sango." Now she moved on to the NEXT thing on her mind. "WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED TO ME?!!!!"

Shippo spoke, "Kaede might be able to help!"

Kagome immediately calmed down, realizing the elderly priestess just might be able to help. She took off in the direction of the village, leaving the others to wonder just how she could run that fast. She'd practically disappeared.

Kagome had reached the village in under five minutes. The sun had just begun to rise and Kaede had woken up, feeling something of great importance was coming. FAST! Even though she knew something big was coming, she was still surprised when a faster-than-sound Kagome, clad only in a blanket, suddenly stopped in the middle of her hut. It wasn't for several seconds that she noticed the problem beyond the lack of clothing. She motioned for Kagome to have a seat and began her examination while Kagome recounted what had happened.

The rest of the group arrived about an hour later. Kaede had just figured out what had happened to Kagome, and she was on her way out of the village.

"Kagome!" Shippo shouted, "Are you leaving?"

"Just for a short while. I need to talk to my mother." Inu-Yasha opened his mouth protest, only to have it held shut by Kagome's clawed hand. "I'll be back before sunset, Inu-Yasha. Don't make me say IT."

And with that she walked off to the well.

Kaede popped out of her hut and invited everyone in. It goes without saying that they were stuffed full of questions. "One at a time, please."

"Kaede, what happened to Kagome??" Shippo sounded genuinely worried.

Sango and Miroku were restraining Inu-Yasha from killing Kaede if she didn't start talking soon.

"After Kagome arrived I began examining her while she told me what had transpired. It didn't take me long to figure it out. It's quite simple."

They all leaned in expectantly.

"But it's something that only she should be telling you."

CRASH!

"In spite of that, she did ask me to tell you all what I have discovered." Everyone got up and leaned in again. "Kagome…Is a werecheetah."

All was silent. Until Sango spoke. "Come again?"

"Kagome is a werecheetah."

Miroku was next, "Let me make sure I understand you… Kagome….Is a lycanthrope?"

"Yes."

Inu-Yasha just sat there. Trying to figure out when Kagome had been in contact with ANY kind of lycanthrope.

Kaede practically sensed the confusion, "From what I could tell, it seemed to be natural. She went home to discuss the problem with her mother. I do believe she wants to be left alone to do this." This last part spoken directly to Inu-Yasha.

"I'll give her three hours."

End Chapter 1.

Next chapter: Kagome has a talk with her mom and finds out a big secret about the past.

Author's notes: Well, now I can work on all my fics equally! The next chapter of this fic will be dedicated to the conversation Kagome has with her mother. We will be finding out about some things that transpired before Kagome was born, and while she was still a baby.