Chapter 3

What I've Become

Am I awake? What happened? Oh right…that guy. What did he do to me? Are those foot Steps? They seem to be getting closer.

"It's around here somewhere…"

"Is that it?"

I heard them getting closer… they must have spotted me. Why… can't I move? I feel as if my whole body is numb. What if they think I'm dead? I have to get up!

"That's him alright, he reeks of cat demon" said a male voice.

Cat demon? What are they talking about?

"He seems to be injured… but I don't see any cuts or bruises." said a different male voice.

"Do you think we should take him back to the village and see what's wrong with him?" said a female voice.

"I say we kill him now" said the first male voice.

They plan on killing me?! I have to get away from them! I struggled to move… but all I managed to let out was a groan. This is irritating... I need to get away before they kill me!

"Stop it Inuyasha!" yelled a female voice.

"Wait did you hear that? He made a noise." Said a young boy.

Wait, that girl…she sounds so familiar. Wait… is that, Kagome?

"Kago….Kagome?" I managed to say.

"Kagome…why does he know your name?" said the one named Inuyasha.

So I was right! Wait, what's Kagome doing here?

"I don't know, um who are you?" She asked me.

I suddenly felt fatigue wash over me; if my eyes were open I wouldn't have been able to keep them that way.

"I'm so…tired…" Were my last words before I fell asleep.

Kaede's Hut

I finally awoke, feeling quite refreshed. I guess sleep can do a lot for a person. I slowly opened my eyes, and found out I was in a hut.

"He's awake, He's awake!" Said a little boy, with a tail? What the heck?! I quickly sat up and backed away into the corner.

"Why do you have a tail? And ears?!" I nearly yelled. A cat with two tails came up and stood next to the young…boy? " And why does that cat have two tails? Where am I?" I yelled.

"Well, I'm a fox demon, And Kirara is a demon cat." Said the young fox demon, and Kirara added in with a 'mew'.

"We found you in the forest, and took you back to this village" said a man in robes.

"Hey, I'd like to know how you knew my name" said Kagome.

"What do you mean? You don't recognize me? I was the new student in your class" I stated.

"A-Andrew?" Kagome gasped."But it can't be, you're a Cat demon."

"What do you-" It was right then when I noticed it. My hands had turned claw like, my ears had moved to the top of my head and were cat like, and I even had different clothes. "What…What happened to me!?" I yelled.

"You mean you weren't always like this?" ask a woman .

"No way! I was a normal human, like Kagome, or you." I said.

Inuyasha then walked into the hut. He gave me an evil look.

"I say he's lying" said Inuyasha, not taking his eyes off me.

"He can't be Inuyasha, how else did he know my name?" said Kagome."Hey, how did you get here anyway?"

"Um…well, you left your school book behind and I was going to return it to you. When I had gotten to your house, there was a flash of light from your well house. I was curious so I went into the well house, and thought you might've fallen in. I climbed…err.. Fell into the well and found myself in that clearing in the forest. That's when…" I trailed off.

"That's when…what?" asked the fox demon.

"That's when, some guy started talking to me." I explained.

"Did he say who he was?" asked Kagome.

"I think, he said Naraku" I told them.

"Naraku!?" Everyone yelled.

"What did Naraku say to you!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Well… he said something about me being interesting; and then something about a seal and breaking it. That's when I felt this weird sensation in my body, than followed by intense pain. That's when I fainted." I said.

"Naraku must have broken a family seal that was in you, that had been passed through your family's generations. It must have been a seal that locked away demonic power." said the man in the robes. "Oh, how rude of me, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Miroku."

"I'm Shippo!" said the fox demon, hopping around joyfully.

"I'm Sango" said the woman.

"You already know me, that grump of a half demon is Inuyasha" said Kagome.

"Feh" said Inuyasha.

I put a hand on the wall and tried to stand up, I suddenly lost my balance and fell on my stomache.

"Are you alright?" Shippo asked as he came to my side.

"Yea..I feel like I lost my sense of balance."

"Hmm, I think I know what the problem is" Miroku started to explain. "I remember reading somewhere, where a demon's organs are positioned differently than a human. That way they can move more quickly, or be able to survive fatal blows."

"That does make some sense…but, am I really a demon? Besides my appearance, and my balance I feel exactly the same." I told them.

"Maybe you're a half demon like Inuyasha." Sango said, giving me a closer look.

"Your demonic aura does seem similar to Inuyasha's" explained Miroku.

I got back into a sitting position.

"Wow, this is so much to take in… am I really like you Inuyasha?" I asked.

"We may both be half demons, but I'm nothing like you. First, I'm a dog demon… you're a cat demon, second you got a tail and I don't. We're very different" Inuyasha said bitterly.

"T-tail?" I slowly turned my head to look behind me, to see a brown fury tail attached to my spine."AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!" I yelled. "How am I ever going to explain this to my parents?! Wait.. I wonder…" I tried to move my tail… somehow I got it to move back and forth. 'Wow, that's so cool!" I exclaimed to everyone. Everyone seemed to just give me a weird look. "If you had a tail you'd understand.." I said quietly.