Kagome's Wish

ch 2

Kagome took a deep breath as the most recent wave of pain faded, when she had woken this morning with wings on her back it had shocked her especially being fully aware of them and easily moving them, though they hurt too, because it seemed they were growing, she could tell especially since this morning she could barely see them when she looked over her shoulder, now her wingspan was at least the length of the hut.

Her friends and Kaede came in every once in a while to give her food and water though for the most part left her alone which she was very glad of, because everything was louder, and not just sounds, she could smell who was near the hut, and her vision had improved. Even her sense of energies was better and she knew Sesshomaru was headed her way. He had probably sensed the energy she was putting off and was coming to investigate and would probably be here any time now.

Suddenly another wave of pain hit, this one near the base of her spine, it felt like something was trying to break through her skin and it itched too. She reached around and scratched and easily broke the skin and felt a tail come out, when she looked at her hands she found that her fingernails were claws now, and they were covered in blood.

She sighed, thinking, and I have at least one more day of this. She went to the bucket of water and pulled out the cloth with her clean hand, then cleaned the blood from her other hand then reached around and cleaned the blood from her new tail,

Kagome lay down on her stomach again, closing her eyes, willing herself to sleep while the pain was minimal.

Sesshomaru landed at the edges of the village and quickly located the hut the energy was coming from, he noticed the demon-slayer and monk sitting near the hut with the kit but did not see hide nor hair of his half-brother, nor his wench. Though he knew where his brother was he had caught a whiff of graveyard soil and bones on his way in.

When he approached the hut, the slayer stood in the way, "Why are you here Sesshomaru?"

He quirked an eyebrow, "this Sesshomaru has come to investigate a suspicious energy surge coming from this hut."

The slayer narrowed her eyes, "are you here to hurt anyone?"

Sesshomaru simply responded, "if this Sesshomaru had planned to hurt anyone he would have done so already."

Miroku put a hand on Sango's shoulder, "maybe he can explain whats going on with Kagome if he sees her."

Sango sighed worriedly, "go in then, but if you hurt her we will kill you."

"You will try," then he went past them opened the door to the hut and entered.

He was surprised at what he saw, Inuyasha's wench lying on her stomach with no top on with what seemed to be newly formed wings and from what he could see a tail as well. She was also asleep.

Sesshomaru took another whiff, and was surprised to find she wasn't human any more though it seemed the transformation was not complete. She was becoming a ryuu yokai, of a power level which had not been seen since Ryuukotsusei, and even then she seemed to be surpassing him as well and approaching Sesshomaru's own power levels.

Suddenly she woke from her sleep and realized who was in the hut with her, as she sat up she quickly covered her bare chest with her arms, "Sesshomaru-Sama, what are you doing here?"

He smirked, "this Sesshomaru came to investigate an enormous amount of energy being shot to the sky, and found you."

She blushed, "ummm, maybe you can help me then, do you know what I am becoming?"

Sesshomaru nodded, "at first glance it would seem you are becoming a ryuu yokai, though I highly doubt it is something so simple. Especially since your holy powers are still within you, not to mention the crest on your forehead, is a crest this Sesshomaru has never seen on a yokai, only on the most blessed of monks and mikos."

She put a hand to her forehead, moving her other arm to cover as much of her breasts as possible, "what does it look like?"

He crouch down and traced a simple picture in the dirt with a claw, it was of two crescent moons with a full moon in the middle, "it is colored in gold."

She moved her arm back to where it had been on her chest, "I see, do you know what it means?"

"It is a mark of the Goddess, and this Sesshomaru would like to know why you are transforming," he asked.

She sighed, she had not told anyone about the wish, and she had not known it would effect her this much, "I was granted a wish by who I now believe was an agent of the goddess."

Sesshomaru quirked an eyebrow, "you wished to be a Ryuu?"

She shook her head, "no."

Sesshomaru norrowed his eyes, "what exactly did you wish for, any being which grants wishes is usually a trickster of some sort.

"I wished simpy to be strong enough to protect my friends, strong enough to never have to rely on Inuyasha again, and strong enough to defeat Naraku."

Sesshomaru nearly gaped at her, "Well your wish is being granted, this Sesshomaru will stay near the village until your transformation is complete. Especially since the hanyou is not protecting you or your pack right now."

She sighed, disappointed, but she bowed lightly, "thank you."

He nodded to her and left the hut. Sango and Miroku looked at Sesshomaru expectantly when he exited the hut.

The taiyoukai quirked an eyebrow, "she will be fine though she is transforming into a Ryuu, this one expects the transformation to take approximately one more day, I will stay to ensure everything goes fine."

With that he went to the tree line and sat at the base of a rather large tree.

Sango sighed, more worried than ever, Sesshomaru had not given them any information they had not figured out themselves, Sango peeked in and noticed Kagome was again laying down asleep, though now she saw a tail at the base of her spine. She closed the door to the hut and sat down again with Miroku and Shippou.

Miroku pursed his lips, "I thought ryuu's were one of the most dangerous yokai there are?"

Sango nodded, "yes which is why they have been driven to the edge of extinction. The only common ones now are no more than beasts of burden. The last ryuu which was able to take a humanoid form and to be a major threat to anyone Inuyasha destroyed when he learned the backlash wave. They have a tendency towards insanity, which is why they have nearly all been destroyed."

They did not notice Sesshomaru re-approach them as they talked, "that will not be the case with her."

They looked at him startled, Miroku glared, "and how would you know?"

Sesshomaru quirked an eyebrow, "She bares the mark of the goddess on her forehead, she is blessed and protected."

They seemed shocked at this, he shrugged, "How long has it been since you have actually seen her face?"

Sango looked guilty, "she is usually asleep when we go in to put food for her as well as change out the tin, and give her fresh water."

Sesshomaru shrugged, "hn," then walked back to the tree and sat back down.

Meanwhile Inuyasha grumbled to himself, looking down at his still burnt hands. They had not healed, which was strange even Kikyou had not been able to heal them, he huffed and stood up, leaving Kikyou where she sat in the roots of a tree, it seemed he would have to wait the human amount of time for them to heal.

She had tried to heal his hands but had made no headway.

He shoved his burnt hands in his sleeves, "I'll go see how things are going in the village. Maybe the wench is better and she can reverse the damage she caused," Kikyou shrugged as he turned his back and headed to the village.

He did not go very far before he scented Sesshomaru in the village, he growled and took off running towards the village.

In the village Kagome woke up as she sensed Inuyasha coming towards the village, she could feel his anger, probably caused by Sesshomaru being in the village. She did not wish him to cause damage to the village because he was fighting with Sesshomaru, so she sat up, she stretched, her wing tips hitting the sides of the hut.

She then grabbed a shirt Sango had put near her for her. She put it over her head and winced a bit when her wings tore out the back of it. She then grabbed a skirt Sango had put in there for her as well. She narrowed her eyes in frustration when she realized her tail had grown quite a bit since she had fallen asleep, and she had to focus quite a bit to have her tail down so as not to have her skirt flipped up, showing her panties, and her tail still peeked out the bottom of her skirt.

Once she believed herself presentable she pulled her wings close to her body, glad that she wasn't hurting as much as she had been, then pulled her bangs over the marking on her forehead.

Kagome took a deep breath, then stepped outside to the shock of her friends.

Sango's jaw nearly dropped at the site of Kagome in the light her wings were the color of a raven's wing, and by her calculations her friends wing's were nearly at a length that would be useful to actually fly, "Kagome are you okay?"

Kagome nodded to her friend, "I am feeling a lot better now Sango but Inuyasha is headed here at a very fast rate, more than likely because Sesshomaru is here. I need to be out here so they don't destroy the village."

Sesshomaru watched this and stood up walking over to them, "This Sesshomaru has no plans to fight the idiot hanyou."

Kagome smiled at him, "thank you Sesshomaru-Sama."

Inuyasha suddenly burst from the forest brandishing Tetsusaiga, "you bastard what do you want?"

Sesshomaru quirked an eyebrow, "hn."

Inuyasha then looked at Kagome, and stared, he had not seen her wings or anything dealing with her transformation yet.

Kagome glared at him, "put away Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru is not here to fight you."

Inuyasha stared at her still, "what happened to you wench?"

Kagome glared at him, her aura flaring, her wings coming away from her body and her tail swishing angrily, "How often do I have to tell you my name is KA-GO-ME! Not WENCH NOT MIKO NOT SHARD DETECTOR!"

Inuyasha winced, his ears flattening against his skull, "whatever wench," he sheathed tetsusaiga and put his burnt hands in his sleeves, before walking away.

Sesshomaru watched as her aura flared dangerously, before quickly dying and her eyes closed and she fainted, he rushed and caught her before she hit the ground. It was as he thought her body was not ready for more than just riding out the transformation and her getting angry at Inuyasha had pushed her to her limits, "I will take her back into the hut so she may rest, her body is not quite ready for the output of a full ryuu." With that he simply brushed past them and into the hut, carefully putting her down on her stomach on the mat, before sitting down against the wall to make sure she was fine as she slept.