Chapter 8

She hurt again. It's like every time she woke up lately she was in pain. It was screaming inside her body. It started at her neck and just seemed to travel downward. She couldn't scream or open her eyes. She was trapped and the pain was becoming unbearable. Her whole body was glowing red and felt red-hot. She wondered if this was just from the scratch she had received from the demon but she didn't remember him touching her neck, which is where it all seemed to stem from.

When she finally could move some she could tell that her chest was almost healed so she didn't understand. She could see her own aura as it reached out from her body.

She tried to scream out for help but her throat was dry and raspy. She could only hope that in a castle full of demons someone would notice her thrashing. No one did though. She knew Reno was right outside the door and would come in if he only knew. She knew if she panicked he would come but thrashing really only caused more pain. She was feeling dizzy and weak and knew she was going to pass out again but she wanted help, and soon.

While screaming with no voice it finally hit her what would get them to come. With her chest almost healed the sent of blood maybe had faded. Fresh blood on the other hand would send everyone in. She hoped for someone who could stop her pain.

There was a nail sticking out from the side of the bed so she crawled over to it laying her hand on it.

"I sure hope I don't get tetanus or lock jaw from this." She mumbled out as she stabbed her hand onto the nail.

Blood began to pour down her and onto the floor. Before she even had time to roll over Reno had rushed into the room with a servant on his heels. She could also hear Sesshomaru walking quickly down towards her room from his room.

"What is going on here, why do I smell your blood and… a youkai?" Sesshomaru growled to Kagome as he entered her room.

"I'm sorry my Lord when I came in here she was thrashing, and…I also smell a youkai. There is no one here and no one entered her room from anywhere my Lord." Reno said defending himself.

Sesshomaru stared Kagome in the eyes and held her down. Tears were running down her face. He didn't understand what was happening. All he knew at the moment was the smell of a youkai was getting stronger and Kagome was thrashing and crying harder.

When she finally opened her eyes, the two demons in the room could only look on as it all started to make sense. Kagome's once blue eyes were now golden. Her once round pupils have become slits of night. The youkai smell was now mingled with her exotic scent of oranges and strawberries.

"My Lord, Can this actually be what I'm smelling? What I am seeing?" Reno stared on with a confused expression.

Sesshomaru couldn't believe what he was seeing either. Kagome was genuinely turning into a youkai. The sight of her changes, her smell as it was changing.

"My Lord what could have caused these changes? Miko yes, but she is a human above all else. They don't spontaneously just turn." Reno said.

Sesshomaru didn't want to think that he could have caused her this pain. He knew it was his fault. He knew that when he bit her to heal her he was hoping just to heal her. He didn't think that her miko blood would even allow him to taste her to heal her. He basically thought she would purify his demon attempts and that would be that. He had no idea that she would absorb his DNA and become like him.

After what seemed like forever her body finally started to relax. She stopped thrashing and slipped into a fitful sleep. Sesshomaru gently laid her back down on the bed and just took in the sight of her.

Her once raven black hair was now layered with thick red stripes. The tips of her hair were a gentle pink. It reminded him of the jewel everyone has so longed for. Her once human nails had elongated into deadly looking claws. Light silver stripes had formed on her face, just like his own. A purple crescent now adorned her forehead with a pink teardrop in the center.

He wanted to test a theory so he cut into her arm and watched her bleed. Reno, a little confused trusted his lord and didn't question him or move.

A second later her wound healed over without so much as a scar. It was true the miko had turned youkai. He couldn't believe what he saw. He knew now that training her was of the essence and must start quickly. She very well could be the most dangerous creature on the planet. He was proud and afraid. If she ever wanted to turn on him he had no doubt that she could kill him.

For now he would let her rest. He had no idea what it felt like to turn from a human to a demon but he knew that it was probably very painful. Though the outside was purely cosmetic the inside was surely not. As he left the room he could only think that he made a great choice…. For a mate.