To any and all readers I apologize for the lateness of this chapter. My computer has been really crappy lately.

Chapter 2: Telling the family

Kagome was outside, looking up at the night sky with a few tears in her eyes. Occasionally she would look down at her new talons and think to herself, 'How do I get out of this?'

(inside Kaede's hut)

"Inu-Yasha, shouldn't you be outside with Kagome?" asked Sango.

"What can I do?" asked the hanyou, "it's not like I can just turn her back into a human, and besides if I was in her place I'd be happy. I'd rather be half-demon than human any day."

"Inu-Yasha," said Miroku, "you forget that you've always been a half-demon so you're used to it, but Kagome has been a human her entire life and is afraid of what's going to happen next. So go outside and comfort her!"

"But why do I have to go?" asked the annoyed hanyou.

"It would be best if another half-demon were to talk to her," said the monk.

"Fine, I'll go," said Inu-Yasha as he got up and went outside.

"You think he'd learn how to deal with women by now," said Miroku.

'You should talk lecher,' thought Sango.

(outside)

As Inu-Yasha left the hut he noticed Kagome looking at the sky and he also noticed the smell of her tears. 'Damn,' he thought, 'if only I could have killed than demon sooner, she wouldn't be dealing with this now.'

"Kagome?" asked Inu-Yasha, "are you okay?"

"I'm scared," said Kagome.

"Don't worry," said Inu-Yasha I'll protect you from any demon and teach you how to fight.

"No, it's not that or my new powers," said the girl.

"Then what is it?" asked Inu-Yasha.

"What about my era?" asked Kagome, "I can't really go to school like this. And what about my family, how will they react."

"Kagome, I haven't known you're family that long, but I know they'll accept you," said Inu-Yasha.

This was exactly the thing she needed to hear, because the next thing she knew she was hugging Inu-Yasha, and Inu-Yasha was blushing bright red.

This could have gone on all night but Shippo came outside and said, "You two remind me of my mom and dad when you do that." This of course triggered Inu-Yasha's anger.

"Damn't Shippo, get back here," shouted and angry dog hanyou.

"Inu-Yasha, SIT!"

WHAM!

"What the hell was that for?"

"Cause you're trying to hurt him!"

"He has it coming!"

Inside Kaede's hut Miroku, Sango, and Kaede could hear the sound of screaming and sitting.

"We'll," said Sango, "that didn't take too long."

"Yes, it seems those two are back to normal," said Miroku.

(the next afternoon at the well)

"Kagome?" asked Sango, "are you sure about this, maybe we can find a cure."

"No, my family deserves to know what's happened," said Kagome, "and if there is no cure, I'd have to face them sooner or later."

"But how will you go to school?" asked the demon slayer.

"I guess I'll have to drop out," said the new hanyou, "it's not like I can hide these wings."

"Arn't you two going to keep talking or are we going to leave?" asked the angry Inu-Yasha.

"Okay, be a little more patient will ya," said Kagome. 'I guess it's now or never,' thought the girl.

And with that the two hanyous jumped down the well.

"Do you think she'll be okay, Miroku?" asked Sango.

"Absolutely," said the monk.

"It's just, that Kagome has such a hard life, I don't know how she can," she would have continued if Miroku hadn't groped her butt.

"Can't you ever be serious!"

SLAP!

"What a dummy," said Shippo.

(modern era)

Inu-Yasha and Kagome arrived and exited the well house. As soon as Kagome saw her old home with her new eyes, she tried to go back through the well; that is if Inu-Yasha hadn't stopped her.

"Kagome, normally I'd like you staying in my era; but you need to do this," said Inu-Yasha.

"Okay, let's get this over with," said Kagome.

As they walked in the house Kagome had one thought running through her mind, 'I can do this, I can do this.'

And then she saw her family watching the news and she would have run if not for two factors. One Inu-Yasha was blocking her only exit and two Souta turned his head at just the wrong time.

"Hey sis, you're back," said the boy.

"I didn't even hear you come in," said her mother with a smile.

"Did you have to come back now, I just thought up a really good illness to use tomorrow," said her Grandfather.

It must have taken a full thirty seconds before anyone said anything.

"Sis why do you have wings?" asked Souta.

Kagome just wanted to run and she would have if her mom hadn't grabbed her wing.

"These wings," said Mrs. Higurashi, "they're beautiful."

"Uh, mom do you think you could stop that?" asked Kagome.

"Now you know I felt when she grabbed my ears," said Inu-Yasha.

"Inu-Yasha, don't be so," Kagome was then interrupted by getting a face full of sacred sake.

"Don't worry Kagome," said her Grandpa, "I'll turn you back to normal."

"Cough, cough; Grandpa don't do that," said the angry hanyou, "do you know how much that stinks."

"Kagome?" asked her mother, "maybe you should explain what's going on."

(several minutes later)

"So now I'm half phoenix," said Kagome as she finished her story.

"Is there anyway to change you back to normal?" asked Mrs. Higurashi.

"We don't know," said Kagome.

"Wait till I tell my friends about this!" yelled Souta.

"You better not," said Kagome.

"Calm down Kagome, we can discuss this more after dinner," said her mother.

"Okay," said Kagome, "I'm gonna take a bath and wash this sake out of feathers; there's something I never thought I'd say."

As Kagome got in the tube a smile crossed her face.

"I guess I had nothing to worry about," she said to no one.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry it was so short but I had to get it done before the weekend, because I'm using the school's computers for this.

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