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Fighting an Admirer
Chapter 2
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As Ben walked towards Kagome, Sango felt a little better. If things went well, Kagome would wake up. By this time, Kagome's hair had sliver streaks in the raven black and it had grown to the bottom of her back. Claws were completely formed in place of her dull human fingernails and her ears were pointed now. Eyes, once a creamy brown, were a pretty golden color. She looked more feminine now, though she was stronger. As for her markings, she had a dark blue crescent moon on her forehead and dark red stripes where Sesshomaru had his. She was now elegant, beautiful, and strong.
"There seems to be no problem here. Why did you call me? She is changing quite fine indeed." Ben said, confused as to why the group was worried.
"You bastard, Kagome has been out for seven days. You call that 'no problem'? Well, I think you do have a problem" Sango ranted, not wanting to believe all of it.
"She is a miko. Naturally, her blood will want to fight the demon blood entering her system. In fact, I would be surprised if it took shorter than a week." Ben said matter-of-factly.
Everyone looked at him surprised. No one had thought of that. They had all thought that Kagome was gone for good. It made sense that her miko blood would reject the demon blood. After all, priestesses spent their entire lives to get rid of demons.
"Alright then, you may go. But before you do, how would we know if something went wrong?" Sesshomaru asked, partially regaining control.
"It all depends on what you call wrong. She should be fine in a day or so. Lighten up!" Ben said, before quickly disappearing after seeing the look on Sesshomaru's face.
The demon lord of the west turned and looked at the almost-demon lying on the ground. They had gone through so much trouble to change Kagome into a demon that no one wanted to think that it wouldn't succeed.
"Come on, Kagome, you can pull through! I know you can, after all you are the one who brought down Naraku and you are my best friend." Sango said in a light voice only loud enough for Sesshomaru to hear. Sango let a tear drop onto Kagome's face and Kagome twitched the first sign that she was still alive excluding the moans.
Sango smiled. She was happy that her friend was responding more and more.
'Yes, Kagome, come back to us, come back to me.' Sesshomaru said to himself.
'She will make it through, I KNOW she will. I mean, it's Kagome we are talking about.' Sango sighed to herself, giving herself hope and getting up and preparing to go to the hot spring nearby.
Rin got up to follow her. Miroku started cooking again while Shippo took a nap warmed by Kirara. Sesshomaru walked back over to the seashore. Looking out over the sea, he thought about everything that had happened lately. In the past month or so, his brother had made the worst mistake of his life and left a girl to die of heartbreak; he himself had rescued that girl and pieced together her heart little by little. Now, that girl was on her way to being a demon and his mate. If that all fell apart, what would there be left for the demon lord. He was sure he wouldn't love again after this energetic and fun girl.
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'What was that?' Kagome thought as something wet hit her cheek. She twitched at the contact.
Kagome had not felt the presence of her friends or her love in days. She did not know how long she had been out, but she had been fighting the entire time. Her miko blood had been fighting the demon blood entering her system ever single moment. It had been getting better as the demon blood took over and spread. Kagome was exhausted from the fighting and was glad when some presence she hadn't felt before took away the fight for a while.
'Child, are you sure this is what you want?' The soft voice said, warming every inch of the girl.
'Of course, it will make both Sesshomaru's and my life easier this way. Besides, I would do anything for him.' Kagome answered.
'Alright then, you will soon have your wish. I wish you luck my daughter, for your road is rough. Not many demons, or humans for that matter, will accept you at first. You were once a priestess, sent to destroy them and I don't think they will forget that very easily. And humans will resent two facts: that you left your humanity and that you could change into a demon and not them.' The voice warned.
'Who are you?' Kagome asked, awed by the voice.
'I am the goddess of whom you prayed to, Kagome. Your prayers have been answered.' Amaterasu answered,
With that, the sun goddess disappeared and Kagome woke up.
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Sango had just walked into camp with Rin when the girl yelled,
"KAGOME-CHAN! YOU ARE AWAKE!"
"Kagome? She's awake?" Miroku asked, turning.
Kagome looked at all of them blinking. Her eyesight had greatly improved and it looked almost like daylight. Her golden orbs looked around and spotted Sesshomaru, just turning around at the commotion. Before anyone could do anything, Kagome was on her feet and racing to him. Her arms wrapped around his waist and hugged him tightly. Sesshomaru's arms were around her too. They stood there hugging each other for a few minutes before Kagome looked up at the demon lord with tears sliding down her cheeks. She smiled and her new fangs flashed in the moonlight, proving that she was a demon.
"Kagome…" Sesshomaru whispered so low that only Kagome could hear with her strong ears.
They kissed in the silver moonlight. Everyone looked away for Kagome and Sesshomaru's sake. When the kiss ended, everyone ran up to Kagome who looked a little woozy. They hugged her and started crying a bit. Kagome reassured them that she fine and leaned on Sesshomaru as he led her back to the campfire and dinner.
"How are you feeling, Kagome?" Shippo asked, sitting next to his mom now that he was too big to sit in her lap.
"Shippo, I feel fine. I am a little tired from fighting with the old me, but I feel fine." Kagome lied. She was feeling sick even though demons could not get sick. It felt like something was going to explode within her. Of course she wouldn't admit that and make everyone worry about her.
Sesshomaru sensed the deceit in her voice and decided to ask her about it later. Kagome was just trying to make everyone forget about how she had laid asleep for about seven days without waking or moving. It was rather sweet of her.
Everyone was once again happy. No one was worried anymore that Kagome would be lost to them forever and they were happy that Kagome was happy. When Kagome stood up, so did Sango.
"Kagome, would like to take a bath?" Sango asked.
"Uh, sure. I guess it has been a while. How long was I, er, asleep?" Kagome asked, struggling to find the right words.
"About seven days." Rin answered, washing the dishes.
Kagome nodded and began to walk away after Sango who had grabbed washing materials. They walked through the woods a short way before coming upon a small hot springs.
"Kagome, you have gotten so much taller. And your hair, I like it." Sango commented as Kagome got into the warm water.
"Yeah, I just wish my family would be able to come to the mating ceremony. I mean, it is in a way kind of like a wedding and I am sure my mom and grandpa and brother would want to see it." Kagome sighed, wondering what her family was doing at the moment.
'Probably wondering where I am. We destroyed Naraku so long ago. I bet they think I am dead or in a big battle. I might as well be…' Kagome thought, sinking lower into the water.
"I am sure that they would be proud of you, Kagome. Amaterasu knows I am." Sango said, not knowing that Kagome had met the goddess.
'Thank you, Amaterasu, sun goddess, for bringing me safely back to all that I love.' Kagome said, thanking the goddess who had sent her back to the real world and out of the dark void that had been her place throughout the change.
With the thanks done, Kagome began to wash away the sweat that had dried on her skin.
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