Chapter 1: The Bargain
A girl with long flowing silver hair that reach down to her waist was training with a wooden sword in the training grounds. She practiced by slashing her sword at the wooden dummy with different moves. She had a pair of sapphire blue eyes and two blue stripes on each side of her face. Her markings and claws marked her out as a demoness.
As she was practicing, a young boy with freckles on his face and hair tied up in a short ponytail ran up to her and yelled, "Kagome, lunch's ready!"
Kagome turned away from the dummy to greet him. "Oh, hi Kohaku. Where's Sango? Is she back yet?"
"No," he answered. "But she told us to not to wait for her because she might be back late since she and the others are going to somewhere far away to slay demons."
"Okay then, let's go inside and eat," she said. Together they headed inside the hut she, Kohaku and Sango shared. After lunch, Kagome and Kohaku practiced their fighting skills together.
They began to worry about Sango when the sun had gone down. "Um…Kohaku, shouldn't Sango be back by now?" Kagome asked while looking up at the darkening sky.
"Yeah, she hadn't been so late before. She promised she wouldn't go slaying strong demons without us," Kohaku said worriedly.
"Maybe we should go find her," she said.
"Yeah," Kohaku agreed.
"There's no need to. She's here now," a voice behind them said.
They whirled around to face that voice. Kagome gasped when she saw the person before her who was placing an unconscious Sango down on the grassy ground. That person was the witch who captured her and turned her into a full dog demon by forcing her to drink a potion she made.
"No, it can't be!" Kagome looked at the witch in horror. Beside her, Kohaku held up his scythe ready to fight.
The witch, Zakima cackled sinisterly. She was known as an excellent potion maker throughout the lands but very few people knew how she experiment her potions. The witch who was a lizard demoness with a human form has green skin and long dark green hair. She got golden eyes with a single striped pupil in each of them and long claws. She wore a plain brown kimono.
"It's good to see you again, Kagome. I'm glad you're healthy," Zakima smiled wickedly.
"What did you do to my sister?" Kohaku asked angrily.
"What do you want? Why did you hurt Sango?" Kagome asked, trying not to show her fear to the witch.
"I did not hurt her badly. I only knocked her out. As for her other comrades, they're still unconscious in where I left them. They'll be fine. I knew if I killed them you'll be not so willing to bargain with me."
"What bargain?" Kagome asked fearfully. She was afraid what the witch had in store for her.
"The bargain is simple. I want you to bear a child," she said.
"WHAT!?" Kagome yelled in shock. Kohaku looked at the witch with wide, surprised eyes. "I didn't hear her wrong, right? When she said she wanted you to bear a child?" Kohaku was a bit confused.
Then the witch explained. "I want to see if Kagome's miko powers will pass on to her children or not and whether the child will be a full demon as well since Kagome became a full demon through magic. Maybe the child will be a half demon if Kagome's demon blood isn't passing on to her child since she was originally a human and the child's heritage might not be affected by magic. The child's father must be a full demon as well."
"There is absolutely no way I'm going carry out your crazy experiment," Kagome said sternly.
"Oh, you might need to reconsider that," Zakima grinned wickedly. "Look at the collar around Sango's neck." Kagome and Kohaku looked at Sango's neck. Sure enough, there was a glowing yellow collar around her neck.
"I can command the collar to tighten anytime I like and suffocate your friend to death. Kagome, if you refused, your friend's life shall be over."
No, no, no, Kagome thought fearfully. This can't be happening.
"Well, yes or no?" The witch's voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Yes," Kagome answered hesitatingly.
Kohaku gasped. "Are you sure, Kagome?"
"What more choice do I have? If I don't, Sango will die," Kagome said sadly. She felt like a cornered animal.
"Excellent," Zakima said gleefully. "Jingoro will watch over you and report back to me." A little green sprite no bigger than the size of a palm and had transparent insect wings flew out of nowhere and perched on Kagome's shoulder. The little sprite seemed to look like a little goblin with pointed ears and a bald and round head. He isn't the elfish kind of sprites. He had green skin as green as grass.
"He's an imp," Kohaku observed Jingoro. Kagome looked at him in amazement. The imp grinned up at her, revealing two rows of yellow, sharp teeth.
"By the way, Kagome, I would suggest the best place to start looking for male demons will be the party held by Sachimaru. He is looking for a mate for his daughter and all dog demons are invited. Good luck."
Kagome looked at her with hatred as the witch disappeared in a puff of smoke. Kohaku quickly ran to Sango's side, checking her for injuries. Kagome turned her attention to her friend as well.
"Let's get her inside. It is getting cold out here." Kagome said. Kagome bended down and lifted Sango's body off the ground with ease with her two arms. Together they walked back to their warm and cozy hut silently, not wanting to talk about what had just happened.
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